12/4/2024
WT Staff
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December 4, 2024 1137 am PST
NWS: Dense fog advisory until noon
Urgent Weather Message issued by NWS Hanford-San Joaquin 437 am PST Wed Dec 4
DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON PST TODAY...Visibility one quarter mile or less in dense fog in Bakersfield, Caruthers - San Joaquin - Selma, Delano-Wasco-Shafter, Fresno-Clovis, Hanford - Corcoran - Lemoore, Merced - Madera - Mendota, Planada - Le Grand - Snelling,
Southeast San Joaquin Valley, and Visalia - Porterville - Reedley.
Low visibility could make driving conditions hazardous. If driving, slow down, use your headlights, and leave plenty of
distance ahead of you.
Impacting Merced - Madera - Mendota-Planada - Le Grand - Snelling-Caruthers
- San Joaquin - Selma-Fresno-Clovis-Delano-Wasco-Shafter-Hanford -
Corcoran - Lemoore-Visalia - Porterville - Reedley-Bakersfield-
Southeast San Joaquin Valley-
Including the cities of Delano, Porterville, Wasco, Goshen,
Kerman, Le Grand, Tulare, Hanford, Lake Mcclure, Shafter,
Atwater, Kingsburg, Planada, Bakersfield, Fresno, Visalia,
Richgrove, Parlier, Corcoran, Madera, Lemoore, Sanger, Selma,
Alpaugh, and Merced
Safe Drinking Water Act
California State Water Resources Control Board is responsible for the oversight of the state's licensed drinking water facilities, supporting the national EPA Safe Drinking Water Act regulations and beyond. The State of California regulates over 7400 licensed facilities to some of the highest drinking water standards in the USA, posting one of the highest facility compliance records in the country at 93.9%. When a microbiological compliance breach occurs, a boil water advisory is issued for the impacted customers, WTCAL.us posts these events on the map to the right in yellow.
Compare the California drinking water facilities to the global record: in 2022 the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates 73% of the world population, approximately 6 billion people were served by safely-managed drinking water facilities. For Californians, the percentage served by SDWA compliant facilities is 99.98%.
See how drinking water facilities of California compare with Georgia, New York, Ohio and Louisiana, here.
As the EPA studies new contaminant threats to public drinking water, the SDWA is periodically amended. In April 2024, a suite of six per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances were added to the list of contaminants that drinking water facilities will be required to monitor and report, with legally enforceable maximum contaminant levels. US licensed drinking water facilities have until 2029 to establish the capacity for compliance with the amended regulation. Funding has been established to assist with the cost. See the details on the latest SDWA amendment, here.
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