Water Partnership Success Stories
The State of California made clean drinking water a legislative right for all residents in 2012 with AB 685, the Human Right to Water bill. The Water Board’s SAFER program advances the Human Right to Water by supporting water systems and communities to achieve sustainable drinking water solutions.
Visit our Water System Partnership Map to explore completed partnerships across the state, or read the highlighted success stories below.
Highlighted Success Stories
Public Water System Consolidations
Challenges: Coliform, Well issues
County: Tuolumne
Challenges: Loss of Water Supply
County: Sonoma
Challenges: Nitrate
County: Tulare
Challenges: Loss of water supply
County: Kern
Challenges: Dibromo-3-Chloropropane
County: Fresno
Challenges: Failing infrastructure
County: Placer
Challenges: Arsenic
County: Tehama
Challenges: Nitrate
County: Tulare
Challenges: Arsenic, 1,2,3-TCP
County: Stanislaus
Challenges: Uranium, 1,2,3-TCP
County: Fresno
Challenges: Nitrate
County: Fresno
Challenges: Source water treatment
County: Amador
Challenges: Uranium
County: Madera
Challenges: Arsenic
County: Riverside
Challenges: Arsenic
County: Colusa
Challenges: Arsenic
County: Sacramento
Challenges: Nitrate
County: Riverside
Challenges: Arsenic
County: Tulare
Challenges: Well Failure, Nitrate
County: Tulare
Challenges: Uranium, Nitrate
County: Orange
Regional Consolidation Projects
Challenges: Fire damage, failing infrastructure
County: Kern
Challenges: Arsenic, 1,2,3-TCP
County: Stanislaus
Challenges: Arsenic
County: Stanislaus
Challenges: Arsenic, Nitrate, Bacteria
County: Sutter
Joint Power Authority (JPA) Formation
Challenges: Gross Alpha, 1,2,3-TCP
County: Fresno
Challenges: Regional water supply, water rights
County: Mendocino
Domestic Well Consolidation Projects
Challenges: Dry or contaminated drinking wells
County: Tulare
Challenges: Dry wells, Nitrate, Uranium
County: Fresno
Challenges: Nitrate, dry wells
County: Tulare
