KCSD Point of Use System
                                                          Bylaws

      Keeler's well water tests consistently above the mandated MCL for arsenic (10 ppb.) and is increasing over time.  Thus, Keeler's well water is not potable without treatment.  In order to provide potable water to each domestic and commercial connection, KCSD has chosen to utilize a Point of Use filtration system.  KCSD has the authority to require customers to accept the Point of Use units, and may take action including denial of water service if refused.

      Each customer must pay a $400 fee to cover the cost of installation, and choose a location where KCSD maintenance personnel shall install the POU equipment package, and where it will be protected from freeze or accidental damage.  The POU equipment remains the property of KCSD.  Installation of a KCSD POU equipment package on private property shall include the implied consent to reasonable and clean access to the unit for the purposes of  maintenance, repair and sample and data collection.  Property owners will be responsible for informing tenants of the non-compliant status of Keeler's water and the availability of Point of Use treated water.  (In the event of failure of the POU system to control arsenic levels in Keeler, residents will be issued  water in bottled form or some other method of providing drinking water.)

      The District will employ a California licensed Distributor and Treatment Operator responsible for management of KCSD's Point of Use system.  KCSD will insure the establishment and maintenance of a record system to identify POU units in service, maintenance and repair data, volume usage, sample schedule and test results.  The sample schedule shall be quarterly for well arsenic levels, and monthly for 1/12 of all active units, so that all active units are sampled and tested annually.  All active units will be considered to need new filters after 1,000 gallons usage at a rate of 3/4 gal./per minute, or the passage of one year's time.  KCSD's Point of Use system shall operate in accordance with all California regulations.