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Ventura County to Repeal Cross-Connection Control Ordinance; Duties Returned to Local Water Purveyors
Summary
The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to repeal the county's cross-connection control ordinance after state guidance replaced Title 17; staff said local water purveyors will assume full responsibility for backflow hazard assessments, testing certification and incident response.
Ventura County will end its role assisting local water purveyors with backflow prevention certification and related cross-connection control duties after adopting an ordinance repealing the county's existing program.
County staff told the Board of Supervisors that the State Water Resources Control Board replaced the California Code of Regulations, Title 17, with a new Cross Connection Control Policy Handbook that became effective July 1, 2024, and imposes new certification, hazard-assessment and incident-response requirements on water purveyors. As a result, staff recommended repealing Ventura County Ordinance No. 4487 and returning the full cross-connection control responsibility to the purveyors. The board approved the repeal unanimously.
The county's presenter explained the major operational changes in the state policy: certified test laboratories must be ANSI-accredited, individual tester certifications must meet new standards, and each water meter in a purveyor's district must receive a hazard…
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