Advancing the state’s commitment to securing safe drinking water for all Californians as a human right, the State Water Resources Control Board has appointed a water system administrator to the Teviston Community Services District in Tulare County to guide the system’s interim and long-term solutions to its drinking water problems. Stantec, an engineering consulting firm, will be the first water system administrator for Teviston, a small, rural community contending with system outages and groundwater contamination from 1,2,3 trichloropropane (TCP) since 2018. Since the pump failed on the system’s only well in June 2021, the SAFER program has funded hauled water delivery for residents through Self Help Enterprises.