The Santa Clarita Water Agency recently completed a water service line inventory within its service area to document the material of the water service pipeline and fittings that come from the water meter to just outside of homes and businesses. During this project, SCV Water also took inventory of its own distribution system and was able to declare to the State Water Resources Control Board Division of Drinking Water, California and United States Environmental Protection Agency, that its system is free from any lead pipelines.
The inventory was conducted between March and mid-October 2024 and focused on homes built before 1987, as well as other customer groups.
“Conducting this inventory allowed us to get a detailed view of the connections within our service area and ensure our water systems compliance with the California and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s water quality requirements,” said SCV Water Assistant General Manager Steve Cole. “It is a significant milestone in our commitment to provide quality water to our community.”
The water service line inventory is a compliance requirement from the California and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Lead and Copper Rule Revisions (LCRR). The LCRR protects the public’s drinking water from metals that can adversely affect public health.
Water systems throughout the United States (and approximately 4,000 water systems in California), including SCV Water, were required to conduct a water service line inventory, in addition to monitoring lead and copper levels at consumers’ taps.
“Lead is a toxic metal that can be harmful to human health even at low levels,” said SCV Water Director of Operations and Maintenance Mike Alvord. “Our top priority is the health and safety of our community, as we continue to provide quality drinking water.”
SCV Water encourages customers to engage with the interactive service line inventory map on its website. The map shows the current status of your service line material in SCV Water’s inventory.
SCV Water contracted with 120Water to collect the required information for the inventory, create a database, as well as a searchable and interactive map.
Your input is especially important if you have done a partial or complete re-pipe of the water service line from your water meter to just outside of your home or business.
On Jan. 15, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued revisions to the federal Lead and Copper Rule. The new Lead and Copper Rule Revisions continue to guide and strengthen SCV Water’s response to better protect communities from the impacts of lead exposure. For more information on the LCRR, visit: www.epa.gov/ground-water-and-drinking-water/revised-lead-and-copper-rule.
SCV Water is a full-service regional water agency located in the Santa Clarita Valley. SCV Water provides water service to approximately 75,000 business and residential customers. It was formed on Jan. 1, 2018, when local water suppliers combined into one integrated, regional water provider. More information can be found at yourSCVwater.com.
SCV Water will kick off a pipeline replacement program in October, starting with a 1,500-foot section of 14” diameter PVC pipeline along Decoro Drive and Blueridge Drive in Saugus.
The State Water Resources Control Board has updated guidelines for local water agencies, including SCV Water, to follow in detecting and reporting the presence of the chemicals perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA, and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid, or PFOS, in drinking water.
The SCV Water agency has posted its 2019 Annual Water Quality Report per State Water Resources Control Board requirements.
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