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Tulare County water commission reviews 2024 drought data, bottled-water enrollments and SB 552 compliance needs
Summary
At a Tulare County Water Commission meeting, staff summarized 2024 permitting and the county's bottled-water program, and discussed work to comply with SB 552 by mapping private well data and assisting small water suppliers.
The Tulare County Water Commission heard a drought update and county efforts to comply with state drought planning rules, including work to compile private-well data and support small water suppliers required to meet SB 552 planning standards.
The report showed a sharp drop in environmental-health permits statewide: county staff said 270 permits were issued in 2024, down from 322 in 2023 and nearly 1,000 in 2022. County staff also reported the county's bottled-water program currently serves 1,800 households, of which 273 enrollments are due to drought impacts and the remainder are for contamination-related needs; staff said there were no pending enrollments or wait lists and no new enrollments in December.
Commission staff said Tulare County is using…
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