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Contra Costa moves to end local oversight of some small water systems, raises fees for smallest systems
Summary
Board voted unanimously to terminate the county's local primacy agreement with the State Water Resources Control Board and to increase permit fees for the smallest non-public water systems, effective after the current permit year ends in February 2026.
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Oct. 7 to direct county staff to terminate the county's Local Primacy Agency (LPA) delegation agreement with the State Water Resources Control Board and to adopt higher permit fees for the smallest non-public small water systems regulated locally.
The action follows a presentation by Christian Lucas, Environmental Health director, who told the board the county currently administers an LPA program for public small water systems serving between 15 and 199 service connections and oversees an additional 34 non-public systems that serve fewer customers. Lucas said the county's 75 LPA-regulated systems must either absorb substantially…
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