Transient Non-Community · PWSID CA5400810

Akal Travel Plaza

Serves 88 peopleGroundwaterOwner: PrivateDelano, California
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On record since 1998: 38 violations. 33 over the limit · 4 missed or late tests · 1 notice or report. Most recent began 2023-06-01.

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33Over the limit
0Treatment lapse
4Missed or late test
1Notice or report

More violations on record than 96% of active water systems in California. Small systems with no staff chemist often rack up missed-test violations; big utilities rarely do.

The record, year by year

1998 · Over the limit: 12000 · Over the limit: 120002001 · Over the limit: 12003 · Over the limit: 12004 · Over the limit: 12005 · Missed or late test: 120052006 · Over the limit: 12007 · Over the limit: 12008 · Over the limit: 12009 · Over the limit: 12010 · Over the limit: 42010 · Over the limit: 42010 · Over the limit: 42010 · Over the limit: 420102011 · Over the limit: 42011 · Over the limit: 42011 · Over the limit: 42011 · Over the limit: 42012 · Over the limit: 42012 · Over the limit: 42012 · Over the limit: 42012 · Over the limit: 42013 · Over the limit: 42013 · Over the limit: 42013 · Over the limit: 42013 · Over the limit: 42014 · Over the limit: 12015 · Over the limit: 120152016 · Over the limit: 12016 · Missed or late test: 32016 · Missed or late test: 32016 · Missed or late test: 32017 · Over the limit: 42017 · Over the limit: 42017 · Over the limit: 42017 · Over the limit: 42018 · Over the limit: 120202023 · Notice or report: 12025
One square = one violation, by the year it began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
87% over the limit · 3311% missed or late test · 43% notice or report · 1

Across California, 52% of violations are missed or late tests and 29% are water over a limit.

How far over the limit

at the limit2×5×10×100×+Nitrate2018-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 13.10 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.3×)2017-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 13.40 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.3×)2017-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 12.40 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.2×)2017-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 11.60 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.2×)2017-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 11.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.1×)2016-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 13.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.3×)2015-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 54.50 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (1.2×)2014-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 62.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (1.4×)2013-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 62.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (1.4×)2013-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 72.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (1.6×)2013-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 72.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (1.6×)2013-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 72.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (1.6×)2012-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 72.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (1.6×)2012-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 71.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (1.6×)2012-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 71.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (1.6×)2012-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 71.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (1.6×)2011-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 71.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (1.6×)2011-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 71.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (1.6×)2011-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 71.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (1.6×)2011-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 71.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (1.6×)2010-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 69.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (1.5×)2010-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 78.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (1.7×)2010-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 78.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (1.7×)2010-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 78.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (1.7×)2009-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 78.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (1.7×)2008-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 69.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (1.5×)2007-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 72.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (1.6×)2006-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 69.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (1.5×)2004-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 64.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (1.4×)2003-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 95.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (2.1×)2001-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 56.50 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (1.3×)2000-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 54.40 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (1.2×)1998-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 52.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (1.2×)
Each dot is one over-the-limit violation: the measured value divided by the limit it broke, on a log scale. Most legal limits for chemicals are running averages set for a lifetime of drinking, so “just over” and “ten times over” are very different news. Hover a dot for the numbers.

Every violation on record

  1. 2023-06-01Unknown contaminantVariance/Exemption/Other ComplianceBack in compliance
  2. 2018-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 13.10 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  3. 2017-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 13.40 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  4. 2017-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 12.40 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  5. 2017-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 11.60 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  6. 2017-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 11.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  7. 2016-10-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  8. 2016-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 13.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  9. 2016-01-01NitrateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  10. 2016-01-01Coliform (TCR)Monitoring, Routine Major (TCR)Back in compliance
  11. 2015-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 54.50 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  12. 2014-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 62.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  13. 2013-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 62.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  14. 2013-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 72.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  15. 2013-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 72.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  16. 2013-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 72.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  17. 2012-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 72.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  18. 2012-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 71.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  19. 2012-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 71.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  20. 2012-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 71.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  21. 2011-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 71.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  22. 2011-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 71.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  23. 2011-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 71.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  24. 2011-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 71.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  25. 2010-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 69.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
Show the other 13 entries
  1. 2010-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 78.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  2. 2010-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 78.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  3. 2010-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 78.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  4. 2009-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 78.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  5. 2008-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 69.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  6. 2007-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 72.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  7. 2006-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 69.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  8. 2005-01-01NitrateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  9. 2004-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 64.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  10. 2003-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 95.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  11. 2001-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 56.50 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  12. 2000-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 54.40 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  13. 1998-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 52.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance

System details

Population served88
Service connections3
Water sourceGroundwater
System typeTransient Non-Community
OwnerPrivate
StatusActive
CityDelano
EPA ZIP on file93215

Areas served

  • Tulare County

Reading this record

Akal Travel Plaza is a transient non-community that draws from groundwater and serves about 88 people in Delano, California. Everything above comes from the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), where states report every violation by every public water system.

Four kinds of violation. Only one is a measurement of the water: over the limit means a test came back above a legal maximum (an MCL). A treatment lapse means a required protective step was not done, such as disinfection, filtration, fixing a defect an inspector found, or filing a lead-pipe inventory. A missed or late test means a required test was skipped or never reported. That is the most common kind, and the most misread: it does not mean the water was bad, and it does not mean the water was fine. Notices and reports covers public notices and the annual Consumer Confidence Report.

Status. “Back in compliance” means the state recorded a return to compliance. “Period ended” means the violation's compliance period is over but no return to compliance was ever filed, which is common in older records. EPA's federal copy lags state records by months, so call the utility for anything current.