CA AB756

State Water Resources Control Board may order public water systems to monitor for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances using accredited laboratories and approved analytical methods, with electronic submission of results required.

Community water systems and nontransient noncommunity water systems must report any confirmed detections in their annual consumer confidence reports and provide additional notification if levels exceed notification thresholds.

Water systems must either take contaminated water sources out of use or provide public notification within 30 days when detected levels exceed established response levels.

Public notifications must include the response level, detected level, potential health effects, at-risk populations, water system contact information, and information in Spanish and other languages for non-English speaking groups exceeding 1,000 residents or 10 percent of the service area.

Notices must be understandable at an eighth-grade reading level with 12-point minimum font and distributed through multiple methods including direct mail, email, websites, newspapers, social media, and public posting.