# MIDWAY HEIGHTS COUNTY WATER DISTRICT
> **Judicial** · FY1987 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `52105`
- **Case Number:** 09-1987-0008
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $38K
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- MIDWAY HEIGHTS COUNTY WATER DISTRICT (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

THIS CASE ARISES UNDER THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT AND     CONCERNS ALMOST TOTAL NONCOMPLIANCE WITH THE ACT OVER A      FIVE-YEAR PERIOD.  THE DEFENDANT IS THE MIDWAY HEIGHTS       COUNTY WATER DISTRICT (THE DISTRICT), A PUBLIC AGENCY OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ORGANIZED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE    COUNTY WATER DISTRICT ACT OF DIVISION 12 OF THE CALIFORNIA   WATER CODE.  THE DISTRICT'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS ARE PUBLIC    OFFICERS.                                                      THE DEFENDANT OPERATES A PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM IN PLACER     COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE SIERRA  NEVADA MOUNTAINS.  DEFENDANT PURCHASES RAW, UNTREATED WATER  FROM THE PLACER COUNTY WATER AGENCY.  THE WATER IS DIVERTED  INTO THE DEFENDANT'S SYSTEM FROM THE BOARDMAN CANAL, WHICH   IS AN OPEN MINING DITCH.  THIS RAW, UNTREATED SURFACE WATER  IS DELIVERED TO THE DEFENDANT'S CUSTOMERS BY A PIPELINE      SYSTEM THAT COVERS MOST OF THE DISTRICT'S 4.5 SQUARE MILES.  THE DEFENDANT'S CUSTOMERS INCLUDE MORE THAN 630 PERSONS      (MORE THAN 460 ADULTS AND 170 CHILDREN) WHO LIVE IN A RURAL  AREA OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.                                   DEFENDANT IS IN ALMOST TOTAL NONCOMPLIANCE WITH THE ACT.   THE DISTRICT HAS PERFORMED NONE OF THE ACT'S REQUIRED        MONITORING FOR TURBIDITY, BACTERIA, ORGANICS, INORGANICS     AND RADIATION.  MONTHLY SAMPLING OF THE DISTRICT'S WATER FOR TURBIDITY AND BACTERIA BY THE PRIMACY AGENCY, THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES (DOHS), 

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