IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR DRINKING WATER

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The Sunny Mesa Well 1, currently offline, Has Levels of Hexavalent Chromium Above the Drinking Water Standard

This is not an emergency. As our customers, you have a right to know what you should do, what happened, and what we are doing to correct this situation.

We routinely monitor for the presence of drinking water contaminants. Well 1 Water sample results received on August 19, 2025, showed hexavalent chromium levels of 14 ppb. This is above the standard, or maximum contaminant level (MCL), of 0.010 milligrams per liter (10 ppb). We are working with the State Water Resources Control Board to address this exceedance and comply with the MCL within a compliance timeline.

The online source, Well 2, remains in compliance with the new Hexavalent Chromium MCL. Well 2 water sample results received on August 5, 2025, showed Hexavalent levels of 8.6 ppb. We are required to notify you that our alternative offline source, Well 1, is not in compliance.

What should I do?

·         You do not need to use an alternative water supply (e.g., bottled water).

·         This is not an emergency. If it had been, you would have been notified immediately. However, some people who drink water containing hexavalent chromium in excess of the MCL over many years may have an increased risk of getting cancer.

·         If you have other health issues concerning the consumption of this water, you may wish to consult your doctor.

What happened? What is being done?

·         A new Hexavalent Chromium MCL of 10 ppb became effective October 1, 2024.

·         Hexavalent chromium was detected at levels that exceed the MCL. However, a water system of our size is not considered in violation of the Hexavalent Chromium MCL until after October 1, 2028.

·         We are working to complete a Hexavalent Chromium Compliance Plan that will be reviewed by the State Water Resources Control Board.

·         We are working with the State Water Resources Control Board to address this exceedance and comply with the MCL. Specifically, we are conducting an environmental review and funding applications for the consolidation with the Pajaro Water System.

·         We anticipate Hexavalent Chromium compliance by March 2029.

For more information, please contact Judy Vazquez-Varela at 831-722-1389 or judyvazquez@pajarosunnymesa.com

Please share this information with all the other people who drink this water, especially those who may not have received this notice directly (for example, people in apartments, nursing homes, schools, and businesses). You can do this by posting this public notice in a public place or distributing copies by hand or mail.

If you are a school or school system, the owner or operator of residential rental property, or the owner or operator of a business property, then you are legally required to notify the following people of the information in this notice within ten days of your receipt of this notice:

·         SCHOOLS: You must notify school employees, students, and parents (if the students are minors).

·         RESIDENTIAL RENTAL PROPERTY OWNERS OR MANAGERS (including nursing homes and care facilities): You must notify tenants.

·         BUSINESS PROPERTY OWNERS, MANAGERS, OR OPERATORS: You must notify employees of businesses located on the property.

·         If you fail to notify the above people, you shall be civilly liable up to $1,000 per day for each day that you fail to notify them. (Health & Saf. Code, §§ 116450, subd. (g); 116650, subd. (e).)

This notice is being sent to you by: PSMCSD-Sunny Mesa Water System.

State Water System Number: 2700773

Date distributed: September 3, 2025

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