Seeking to determine responsibilities for regulating groundwater contamination caused by septic tanks, Hi-Desert Water District directors have approved a draft memorandum of agreement among HDWD, the Town of Yucca Valley and the California Regional Water Quality Control Board.
According to the Hi-Desert Star, they also decided to make the recurring question of septic-tank regulation a future meeting agenda item.
Also during the meeting, Director Wade White reported on Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proclamation of a statewide drought that called for “immediate action to address a dire situation."
Read the rest of the Star report here.
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