Yucca Valley property owners who aren’t complying with a ban on septic tanks are beginning to feel the hammer from state enforcers, who want an aquifer that supplies drinking water for the rural town off Highway 62 to stop being polluted with toilet waste runoff. After years of warnings, state water regulators have now issued cease-and-desist notices against three Yucca Valley homeowners for failing to hook up to public sewage lines, and for discharging septic waste into the town’s primary drinking water source. If they do not comply by December, they could face penalties of $5,000 a day and referral to the state attorney general for possible further sanctions. None of the owners responded to requests for comment from The Desert Sun.

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