U.S. EPA issues emergency order to out-of-compliance Lee Bar Ranch mobile home park drinking water system in Pala

PALA – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered the Lee Bar Ranch mobile home park on the Pala Band of Mission Indians Reservation to comply with federal drinking water requirements and to identify and correct problems at its sewer and drinking water systems that present a danger to the residents of the park. The sewer and water systems serve approximately 90 residents and are privately owned. A boil water notice has been issued to all customers.

During several inspections between January and May 2020, the Pala Environmental Department learned that untreated human sewage was regula...