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State Water Board explains needs assessment criteria used to flag failing and at‑risk water systems
Summary
Dan Wang of the State Water Board described the annual needs assessment methodology used to identify failing and at‑risk water systems, listing six failure categories and risk indicators across water quality, quantity, affordability and technical/managerial/financial capacity.
Dan Wang, needs‑assessment unit supervisor in the Division of Drinking Water, told the SAFER advisory group on Feb. 12 that the board’s annual needs assessment identifies failing and at‑risk community water systems using multiple, data‑driven categories and indicators. The assessment, he said, is designed to target state funding and technical assistance where systems cannot reliably provide safe drinking water.
The assessment uses six failure categories — health‑based contaminant violations with open enforcement actions; secondary maximum contaminant level exceedances tied to enforcement; bacteriological (E. coli) violations; treatment‑technique violations; monitoring and reporting failures; and…
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