2007 Monterey County General Plan

The project consists of adoption and implementation of an amended Ordinance by the County of Monterey that would allow the use of point of use (POU) and point of entry (POE) drinking water treatment devices for lots on private wells and in non-compliant local small, State small, and public water systems in unincorporated Monterey County. These systems currently exceed one or more primary drinking water maximum contaminant levels for constituents such as nitrate, arsenic, fluoride, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, and/or 1,2,3-Trichloropropane. The Ordinance would amend Chapter 15.06 of the Monterey County Code to authorize POU and POE treatment as an alternative compliance pathway to centralized treatment, well replacement, or system consolidation. The amended Ordinance would allow POU and POE treatment to serve vacant legal lots of record, and to support accessory dwelling units, within non-compliant water systems and on private wells, subject to specified requirements. The Ordinance is intended to provide a feasible compliance option to protect public health where existing centralized solutions are impractical or infeasible.