Small Water System Program
The Inyo County Environmental Health Services has been delegated authority as the Local Primacy Agency (LPA) by the California Department of Public Health Drinking Water Program.  Our Small Water System Program includes the regulation of 105 active public and state small water systems located throughout Inyo County.

The Small Water System Program oversees:

• 31 Community systems with between 25 and 199 residential service connections or 25 or more yearlong residents,
  
  
• 11 Nontransient Noncommunity systems such as schools, institutions, and places of employment,
  
  
• 47 Transient Noncommunity systems such as restaurants and campgrounds, and resorts.
  
  
• 16 State Small systems that serve between 5 and 14 residential service connections but less than 25 yearlong residents.

Applications, Forms, Lists and Guidance Documents

PERMIT, APPLICATIONS AND FORMS
New System or Change of Owner Permit Application
Existing System Modification Permit Amendment Application
Small Water System Permit Information Report
Emergency Notification Plan
Bacteriological Sample Siting Plan
Disaster Response Plan Template
Water Well Data Sheet Community and Nontransient Noncommunity Systems
Water Well Data Sheet Transient Noncommunity System
Surface Water Source Data Sheet
Spring Data Sheet
Storage Reservoir Data Sheet
Distribution System Data Sheet