Statewide Drinking Water System Forum

About the Program

Category: Health (Best in Category)

Year: 2018

Placer County’s Environmental Health Division created and funded a Drinking Water Workshop in October 2017 that brought industry and regulatory professionals together in a collaborative and unique forum to help solve future challenges faced by all of California in regards to the availability of safe drinking water. Placer County is one of thirty California counties implementing a California Safe Drinking Water Act program. Most counties are underfunded, leaving little to no resources available for training and community outreach. As new drinking water sources become harder to find and regulations become more complex, county environmental health staff and water system industry personnel need ongoing technical training and collaboration to find solutions. Placer County recognized the best way to meet these challenges was to create a forum that provides the needed training and information in a collaborative, solution-driven approach that would benefit the regulators, the water system operators, and the residential and commercial communities that must meet the new requirements. The statewide event was the first of its kind, bringing together regulators, industry professionals and water system owners who share a common goal in ensuring safe drinking water is delivered to the public.