Non-Transient Non-Community · PWSID CA2000660

Ardagh Glass, Inc

Serves 384 peopleGroundwaterOwner: PrivateMadera, California
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On record since 1993: 25 violations. 24 over the limit · 1 missed or late test. Most recent began 2011-10-01.

For this year's test results, ask the utility for its annual Consumer Confidence Report. Every community system must publish one.

24Over the limit
0Treatment lapse
1Missed or late test
0Notice or report

More violations on record than 94% 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

1993 · Missed or late test: 1199520002005 · Over the limit: 22005 · Over the limit: 220052006 · Over the limit: 12007 · Over the limit: 12008 · Over the limit: 22008 · Over the limit: 22010 · Over the limit: 62010 · Over the limit: 62010 · Over the limit: 62010 · Over the limit: 62010 · Over the limit: 62010 · Over the limit: 620102011 · Over the limit: 122011 · Over the limit: 122011 · Over the limit: 122011 · Over the limit: 122011 · Over the limit: 122011 · Over the limit: 122011 · Over the limit: 122011 · Over the limit: 122011 · Over the limit: 122011 · Over the limit: 122011 · Over the limit: 122011 · Over the limit: 12201520202025
One square = one violation, by the year it began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
96% over the limit · 244% missed or late test · 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×+NitrateCombined Uranium1, 2-Dibromo-3-Chloropropane2011-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 76.30 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (1.7×)2011-10-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 47.23 PCI/L vs limit 20.00 PCI/L (2.4×)2011-10-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 47.85 PCI/L vs limit 20.00 PCI/L (2.4×)2011-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 76.30 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (1.7×)2011-07-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 45.60 PCI/L vs limit 20.00 PCI/L (2.3×)2011-07-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 42.97 PCI/L vs limit 20.00 PCI/L (2.1×)2011-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 76.30 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (1.7×)2011-04-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 43.50 PCI/L vs limit 20.00 PCI/L (2.2×)2011-04-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 37.50 PCI/L vs limit 20.00 PCI/L (1.9×)2011-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 76.30 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (1.7×)2011-01-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 43.00 PCI/L vs limit 20.00 PCI/L (2.1×)2011-01-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 36.00 PCI/L vs limit 20.00 PCI/L (1.8×)2010-10-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 43.88 PCI/L vs limit 20.00 PCI/L (2.2×)2010-10-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 38.25 PCI/L vs limit 20.00 PCI/L (1.9×)2010-10-01 · 1, 2-Dibromo-3-Chloropropane: measured 0.000300 MG/L vs limit 0.000200 MG/L (1.5×)2010-10-01 · 1, 2-Dibromo-3-Chloropropane: measured 0.000280 MG/L vs limit 0.000200 MG/L (1.4×)2010-04-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 34.23 PCI/L vs limit 20.00 PCI/L (1.7×)2010-04-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 43.50 PCI/L vs limit 20.00 PCI/L (2.2×)2008-02-05 · Combined Uranium: measured 26.40 PCI/L vs limit 20.00 PCI/L (1.3×)2008-01-01 · 1, 2-Dibromo-3-Chloropropane: measured 0.000280 MG/L vs limit 0.000200 MG/L (1.4×)2007-05-04 · Combined Uranium: measured 26.40 PCI/L vs limit 20.00 PCI/L (1.3×)2006-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 76.30 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (1.7×)2005-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 48.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (1.1×)2005-01-01 · 1, 2-Dibromo-3-Chloropropane: measured 0.000400 MG/L vs limit 0.000200 MG/L (2.0×)
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.

Lead & copper at the tap

Utilities sample taps in homes most likely to have lead pipes, and report the 90th-percentile result: 9 in 10 homes sampled came in at or below this number. Above the red line (the action level) the utility must act. The action level is not a safe level; EPA's health goal for lead is zero. EPA's file does not date these results, so they are shown highest first.

Lead, 90th percentile 3 results on file · action level 15 ppb

0 ppb
0 ppb
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Every violation on record

  1. 2011-10-01NitrateMCL, Averagemeasured 76.30 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  2. 2011-10-01Combined Uranium ×2MCL, Averagemeasured 47.23 PCI/L · limit 20.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  3. 2011-07-01NitrateMCL, Averagemeasured 76.30 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  4. 2011-07-01Combined Uranium ×2MCL, Averagemeasured 45.60 PCI/L · limit 20.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  5. 2011-04-01NitrateMCL, Averagemeasured 76.30 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  6. 2011-04-01Combined Uranium ×2MCL, Averagemeasured 43.50 PCI/L · limit 20.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  7. 2011-01-01NitrateMCL, Averagemeasured 76.30 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  8. 2011-01-01Combined Uranium ×2MCL, Averagemeasured 43.00 PCI/L · limit 20.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  9. 2010-10-01Combined Uranium ×2MCL, Averagemeasured 43.88 PCI/L · limit 20.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  10. 2010-10-011, 2-Dibromo-3-Chloropropane ×2MCL, Averagemeasured 0.000300 MG/L · limit 0.000200 MG/LBack in compliance
  11. 2010-04-01Combined Uranium ×2MCL, Averagemeasured 34.23 PCI/L · limit 20.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  12. 2008-02-05Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 26.40 PCI/L · limit 20.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  13. 2008-01-011, 2-Dibromo-3-ChloropropaneMCL, Averagemeasured 0.000280 MG/L · limit 0.000200 MG/LBack in compliance
  14. 2007-05-04Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 26.40 PCI/L · limit 20.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  15. 2006-07-01NitrateMCL, Averagemeasured 76.30 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  16. 2005-10-01NitrateMCL, Averagemeasured 48.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  17. 2005-01-011, 2-Dibromo-3-ChloropropaneMCL, Averagemeasured 0.000400 MG/L · limit 0.000200 MG/LBack in compliance
  18. 1993-07-01Lead and Copper RuleInitial Tap Sampling for Pb and CuBack in compliance

System details

Population served384
Service connections4
Water sourceGroundwater
System typeNon-Transient Non-Community
OwnerPrivate
StatusActive
CityMadera
EPA ZIP on file93637

Areas served

  • Madera County

Reading this record

Ardagh Glass, Inc is a non-transient non-community that draws from groundwater and serves about 384 people in Madera, 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.