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Kings County moves to return local primacy agency drinking‑water program to state amid staffing and funding shortfalls
Summary
Kings County’s Environmental Health Services asked the board to authorize ending the county’s LPA delegation for small public water systems and to transfer responsibility back to the State Water Resources Control Board, citing staffing limitations, increasing mandates and an annual program shortfall.
Kings County environmental health officials told the Board of Supervisors on Oct. 7 they will seek to end the county’s Local Primacy Agency (LPA) delegation for drinking‑water oversight and return the program to the State Water Resources Control Board because of funding shortfalls, staffing constraints and growing regulatory mandates.
Liliana Stranski, an environmental health specialist, said the program was established in 1993 and revised in 2014. She told the board the county currently regulates 38 public water systems, of which three are…
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