VII. General Order 103 Requirements
General Order (GO) 103 sets forth the Commission's rules governing water service and the minimum standards for design and construction.
A. Water Quality
General Order 103 requires that a public utility supplying water for human consumption: (a) hold a permit as provided by the state's Health and Safety Code; and (b) comply with the laws and regulations of the state or local Department of Health Services.26 The Commission may inquire into these water quality issues under the holding of the California Supreme Court in Hartwell Corp. v. Superior Court, 27 Cal.4th 256, 272 (2002), which stated that the Commission has "the authority to adopt a policy on water quality and to take the appropriate actions, if any, to ensure water safety."27
The Temporary Conditional Permit for a Small Community Public Water System issued by the SCDRM provides partial compliance with the requirements to GO 103. Long-term compliance will only be satisfied when a final permit is issued. Therefore, the CPCN requested in the current case is issued conditional upon the issuance of a Final Permit for a Small Community Public Water System from the SCDRM to Del Oro, and provision of a copy of said Final Permit to the Director of the Commission's DWA.
We require Del Oro to comply with all applicable State and local laws, regulations, and rules, in the operation of the Mt. Lassen Woods water system.
26 GO 103 at ¶ II(1)(a).
27 See also D.99-06-054, Standards and Polices re Drinking Water Quality, 1999 Cal. PUC LEXIS 312 (June 10, 1999) (jurisdiction of the Commission to inquire into the safety of drinking water provided by public utilities).
