The State Water Resources Control Board invites you to attend a public workshop to learn about the SAFER Drinking Water Program Report on Point-of-Use and Point-of-Entry Treatment.
The State Water Board has conducted extensive research and stakeholder engagement to develop the Report on the installation of Point-of-Use and Point-of-Entry systems in homes as a drinking water solution. The Report provides recommendations and actions that address challenges regarding successful implementation of Point-of-Use and Point-of-Entry treatment as drinking water solutions and proposes specific pilot studies needed to close knowledge gaps.
The draft Report is now available to the public and open for public comments through Wednesday, November 30, 2022.
REPORT
An Executive Summary of the Report is available for public review at:
- English: https://bit.ly/ENG-POU-POE-
ExecSummary - Spanish: https://bit.ly/ESP-POU-POE-
ResumenEjecutivo - You can find the full report here: https://www.waterboards.ca.
gov/safer/docs/2022/draft- 2022-pou-poe-report.pdf
NOTICE OF PUBLIC WORKSHOPS
These public workshops will be held via Zoom:
Tuesday, November 8 at 9:00am
Zoom: https://bit.ly/SAFER-POUWS-
Phone: +1-669-900-9128 Workshop ID: 993 4055 4346
Wednesday, November 9 at 5:00pm
Zoom: https://bit.ly/SAFER-POUWS-
Phone: +1-669-900-9128 Workshop ID: 993 4055 4346
The same information will be presented at each public workshop. Remote participation only.
REPORT
An Executive Summary of the Report is available for public review at:
- English: https://bit.ly/ENG-POU-POE-
ExecSummary - Spanish: https://bit.ly/ESP-POU-POE-
ResumenEjecutivo - You can find the full report here: https://www.waterboards.ca.
gov/safer/docs/2022/draft- 2022-pou-poe-report.pdf
COMMENT PERIOD
The Report is now available for public review and comments. Public comments can be submitted by mail or email in any language by Wednesday, November 30, 2022:
Mail: Chad Fischer, State Water Resources Control Board – Division of Drinking Water, 265 West Bullard Avenue, Ste 101, Fresno, CA 93704
Email: WB-DDW-SAFER@waterboards.ca.
BACKGROUND
Many communities in California lack access to safe and affordable drinking water. Often the only viable, long-term drinking water solution is to connect the community without safe water to a neighboring larger community or city’s system, a process called “consolidation.” In some rural areas of California, consolidation is not always possible if the closest public water system with safe water is too far away. To address drinking water contamination when consolidation is not an option, small public water systems may try to identify an uncontaminated source of drinking water or install centralized treatment. For some systems, locating a new, uncontaminated source of drinking water may not be possible and small water systems or domestic wells residences may lack the financial resources needed for centralized treatment.
In these cases, small systems and domestic well residences would benefit from Point-of-Use and Point-of-Entry treatment. Point-of-Use is a treatment device applied to a single tap in a home to reduce contaminant levels in drinking water at the treated tap. Point-of-Entry is a treatment device applied to the drinking water entering a house or building to reduce contaminant levels in the drinking water distributed throughout the house or building. Neither option treats water used outside the home. Because Point-of-Use /Point-of-Entry treatment devices require less infrastructure and treat a smaller volume of water, the cost to install and maintain these systems is often less than centralized treatment. However, lack of equity, trust, outreach, and education, along with the lack of access to uniform treatment technology and installation, affect the implementation of Point-of-Use /Point-of-Entry treatment as a drinking water solution for small systems and domestic wells.
