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Palm Desert directs staff to craft local drilling and well permit rules to improve oversight
Summary
Council directed staff to draft municipal-code amendments to require site plans, bonding, construction timelines, monitoring and enforcement tools for private well drilling while coordinating with Riverside County, which retains primary permitting authority.
The Palm Desert City Council directed staff on Dec. 11 to prepare amendments to chapter 8.50 of the Palm Desert Municipal Code to create local drilling and maintenance permit requirements for private wells.
Pedro Rodriguez (code compliance and support services manager) told council that private companies drilling wells within city…
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