Yolo County Municipal Code Art. 9 Standards, Criteria, and Regulations for Public Water Supplies

* The title of Article 9, formerly entitled "Standards, Criteria, and Regulations for Domestic Water Supplies", amended by Section 13, Ordinance No. 811, effective July 27, 1978.

The bacteriological, chemical, physical, and radiological quality of public water supply systems shall be the same as those standards set by the State for its regulation as set forth in 22 California Administrative Code, Division 4, and in Section 6-8.101 of Article 1 of this chapter. (§ 1, Ord. 765, eff. October 7, 1976, as amended by § 14, Ord. 811, eff. July 27, 1978; as amended by § 3, Ord. 1470, eff. July 14, 2016)

(a) Bacteriological samples shall be taken at least twice each year for all domestic water supplies.

(b) Chemical, physical, and trace element samples shall be taken once during each time period in accordance with Table No. 2 set forth in this section.

(c) Samples shall effectively monitor the entire system. When a system is supplied by more than one source of water, each source of water shall be sampled at frequencies pursuant to said Table No. 2.

(d) Distribution systems shall be sampled at the frequencies set forth in said Table No. 2 to determine the quality of water delivered to the consumer. Sampling points shall be chosen to monitor each area supplied by a different source.

(e) The permit may contain conditions which require sampling for problem constituents or more frequent sampling to evaluate new sources of supply, treatment plant performance, repairs, complaints, and other considerations in the supply of domestic water.

(f) Analyses of water samples shall be made by approved laboratories for the constituents included in Section 6-8.901 of this article.

(g) Reports of analyses shall be made in writing to the water supplier who shall retain the records of all such analyses for review by the Enforcement Officer.

(h) Said Table No. 2 is set forth as follows:

TABLE NO. 2 Water Quality Monitoring Frequency

(§ 1, Ord. 765, eff. October 7, 1976; as amended by § 3, Ord. 1470, eff. July 14, 2016)