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Advisory group reviews risk-scoring framework to flag systems that could become inadequate

Wastewater Needs Assessment Advisory Group (advisory to the State Water Resources Control Board) · February 2, 2026
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Summary

Project staff presented a multi-variable risk framework that uses weighted indicators (flow, proximity to discharge limits, socioeconomic and environmental variables) to identify systems at risk of future inadequacy; analysis not yet run and thresholds remain open for comment.

Advisory-group members heard an overview of the project's risk assessment, which is intended to identify wastewater facilities and collection systems at elevated risk of becoming inadequate in the future.

Grace Harrison said the risk assessment compiles many variables, some specific to system types (for example, average flow per capita for collection systems) and some applicable across facility types (e.g., discharge proximity, community socioeconomic attributes). "We're defining risk as the wastewater system or…

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