Non-Transient Non-Community · PWSID CA1000221

Easton Authority Jpa

Serves 1,000 peopleGroundwaterOwner: Local GovernmentFresno, CaliforniaServes a school or daycare
1 open treatment violation.

Open for: Lead service line inventory. EPA counts treatment-technique violations as health-based: a required protective step was not done. It is not a measurement of contamination.

On record since 2008: 34 violations. 30 over the limit · 1 treatment lapse · 2 missed or late tests · 1 notice or report. Most recent began 2024-10-17.

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

30Over the limit
1Treatment lapse1 open
2Missed or late test2 open
1Notice or report1 open

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

20052008 · Over the limit: 22008 · Over the limit: 22009 · Over the limit: 32009 · Over the limit: 32009 · Over the limit: 320102013 · Over the limit: 32013 · Over the limit: 32013 · Over the limit: 32014 · Over the limit: 12015 · Over the limit: 62015 · Over the limit: 62015 · Over the limit: 62015 · Over the limit: 62015 · Over the limit: 62015 · Over the limit: 620152016 · Over the limit: 52016 · Over the limit: 52016 · Over the limit: 52016 · Over the limit: 52016 · Over the limit: 52017 · Over the limit: 82017 · Over the limit: 82017 · Over the limit: 82017 · Over the limit: 82017 · Over the limit: 82017 · Over the limit: 82017 · Over the limit: 82017 · Over the limit: 82018 · Over the limit: 22018 · Over the limit: 220202023 · Missed or late test: 12024 · Treatment lapse: 12024 · Missed or late test: 12024 · Notice or report: 12025
One square = one violation, by the year it began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
88% over the limit · 303% treatment lapse · 16% missed or late test · 23% 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×+1, 2-Dibromo-3-ChloropropaneGross Alpha Particle Activity2018-01-01 · 1, 2-Dibromo-3-Chloropropane: measured 0.000243 MG/L vs limit 0.000200 MG/L (1.2×)2018-01-01 · Gross Alpha Particle Activity: measured 22.50 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.5×)2017-10-01 · 1, 2-Dibromo-3-Chloropropane: measured 0.000230 MG/L vs limit 0.000200 MG/L (1.1×)2017-10-01 · Gross Alpha Particle Activity: measured 21.50 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.4×)2017-07-01 · 1, 2-Dibromo-3-Chloropropane: measured 0.000233 MG/L vs limit 0.000200 MG/L (1.2×)2017-07-01 · Gross Alpha Particle Activity: measured 17.70 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.2×)2017-04-01 · 1, 2-Dibromo-3-Chloropropane: measured 0.000225 MG/L vs limit 0.000200 MG/L (1.1×)2017-04-01 · Gross Alpha Particle Activity: measured 21.40 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.4×)2017-01-01 · 1, 2-Dibromo-3-Chloropropane: measured 0.000223 MG/L vs limit 0.000200 MG/L (1.1×)2017-01-01 · Gross Alpha Particle Activity: measured 19.30 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.3×)2016-10-01 · 1, 2-Dibromo-3-Chloropropane: measured 0.000218 MG/L vs limit 0.000200 MG/L (1.1×)2016-10-01 · Gross Alpha Particle Activity: measured 19.80 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.3×)2016-07-01 · Gross Alpha Particle Activity: measured 20.10 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.3×)2016-04-01 · Gross Alpha Particle Activity: measured 19.10 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.3×)2016-01-01 · Gross Alpha Particle Activity: measured 21.20 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.4×)2015-10-01 · Gross Alpha Particle Activity: measured 20.10 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.3×)2015-07-01 · 1, 2-Dibromo-3-Chloropropane: measured 0.000203 MG/L vs limit 0.000200 MG/L (1.0×)2015-07-01 · Gross Alpha Particle Activity: measured 19.70 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.3×)2015-04-01 · Gross Alpha Particle Activity: measured 21.10 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.4×)2015-04-01 · 1, 2-Dibromo-3-Chloropropane: measured 0.000210 MG/L vs limit 0.000200 MG/L (1.1×)2015-01-01 · Gross Alpha Particle Activity: measured 25.50 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.7×)2014-04-01 · Gross Alpha Particle Activity: measured 28.70 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.9×)2013-10-01 · 1, 2-Dibromo-3-Chloropropane: measured 0.000230 MG/L vs limit 0.000200 MG/L (1.1×)2013-10-01 · Gross Alpha Particle Activity: measured 16.60 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.1×)2013-04-01 · 1, 2-Dibromo-3-Chloropropane: measured 0.000210 MG/L vs limit 0.000200 MG/L (1.1×)2009-10-01 · 1, 2-Dibromo-3-Chloropropane: measured 0.000210 MG/L vs limit 0.000200 MG/L (1.1×)2009-04-01 · 1, 2-Dibromo-3-Chloropropane: measured 0.000340 MG/L vs limit 0.000200 MG/L (1.7×)2009-01-01 · 1, 2-Dibromo-3-Chloropropane: measured 0.000390 MG/L vs limit 0.000200 MG/L (1.9×)2008-10-01 · 1, 2-Dibromo-3-Chloropropane: measured 0.000250 MG/L vs limit 0.000200 MG/L (1.2×)2008-07-01 · 1, 2-Dibromo-3-Chloropropane: measured 0.000240 MG/L vs limit 0.000200 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.

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 11 results on file · action level 15 ppb

23 ppb
23 ppb
23 ppb
11 ppb
7.6 ppb
2.8 ppb
2.7 ppb
2.3 ppb
2 ppb
1.8 ppb
0 ppb

Open now (4)

  1. 2024-10-17Lead service line inventoryRPTOpen
  2. 2024-10-17Lead service line inventoryTTOpen
  3. 2024-01-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/ROpen
  4. 2023-01-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/ROpen

Every violation on record

  1. 2024-10-17Lead service line inventoryRPTOpen
  2. 2024-10-17Lead service line inventoryTTOpen
  3. 2024-01-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/ROpen
  4. 2023-01-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/ROpen
  5. 2018-01-011, 2-Dibromo-3-ChloropropaneMCL, Averagemeasured 0.000243 MG/L · limit 0.000200 MG/LBack in compliance
  6. 2018-01-01Gross Alpha Particle ActivityMCL, Averagemeasured 22.50 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  7. 2017-10-011, 2-Dibromo-3-ChloropropaneMCL, Averagemeasured 0.000230 MG/L · limit 0.000200 MG/LBack in compliance
  8. 2017-10-01Gross Alpha Particle ActivityMCL, Averagemeasured 21.50 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  9. 2017-07-011, 2-Dibromo-3-ChloropropaneMCL, Averagemeasured 0.000233 MG/L · limit 0.000200 MG/LBack in compliance
  10. 2017-07-01Gross Alpha Particle ActivityMCL, Averagemeasured 17.70 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  11. 2017-04-011, 2-Dibromo-3-ChloropropaneMCL, Averagemeasured 0.000225 MG/L · limit 0.000200 MG/LBack in compliance
  12. 2017-04-01Gross Alpha Particle ActivityMCL, Averagemeasured 21.40 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  13. 2017-01-011, 2-Dibromo-3-ChloropropaneMCL, Averagemeasured 0.000223 MG/L · limit 0.000200 MG/LBack in compliance
  14. 2017-01-01Gross Alpha Particle ActivityMCL, Averagemeasured 19.30 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  15. 2016-10-011, 2-Dibromo-3-ChloropropaneMCL, Averagemeasured 0.000218 MG/L · limit 0.000200 MG/LBack in compliance
  16. 2016-10-01Gross Alpha Particle ActivityMCL, Averagemeasured 19.80 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  17. 2016-07-01Gross Alpha Particle ActivityMCL, Averagemeasured 20.10 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  18. 2016-04-01Gross Alpha Particle ActivityMCL, Averagemeasured 19.10 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  19. 2016-01-01Gross Alpha Particle ActivityMCL, Averagemeasured 21.20 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  20. 2015-10-01Gross Alpha Particle ActivityMCL, Averagemeasured 20.10 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  21. 2015-07-011, 2-Dibromo-3-ChloropropaneMCL, Averagemeasured 0.000203 MG/L · limit 0.000200 MG/LBack in compliance
  22. 2015-07-01Gross Alpha Particle ActivityMCL, Averagemeasured 19.70 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  23. 2015-04-01Gross Alpha Particle ActivityMCL, Averagemeasured 21.10 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  24. 2015-04-011, 2-Dibromo-3-ChloropropaneMCL, Averagemeasured 0.000210 MG/L · limit 0.000200 MG/LBack in compliance
  25. 2015-01-01Gross Alpha Particle ActivityMCL, Averagemeasured 25.50 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
Show the other 9 entries
  1. 2014-04-01Gross Alpha Particle ActivityMCL, Averagemeasured 28.70 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  2. 2013-10-011, 2-Dibromo-3-ChloropropaneMCL, Averagemeasured 0.000230 MG/L · limit 0.000200 MG/LBack in compliance
  3. 2013-10-01Gross Alpha Particle ActivityMCL, Averagemeasured 16.60 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  4. 2013-04-011, 2-Dibromo-3-ChloropropaneMCL, Averagemeasured 0.000210 MG/L · limit 0.000200 MG/LBack in compliance
  5. 2009-10-011, 2-Dibromo-3-ChloropropaneMCL, Averagemeasured 0.000210 MG/L · limit 0.000200 MG/LBack in compliance
  6. 2009-04-011, 2-Dibromo-3-ChloropropaneMCL, Averagemeasured 0.000340 MG/L · limit 0.000200 MG/LBack in compliance
  7. 2009-01-011, 2-Dibromo-3-ChloropropaneMCL, Averagemeasured 0.000390 MG/L · limit 0.000200 MG/LBack in compliance
  8. 2008-10-011, 2-Dibromo-3-ChloropropaneMCL, Averagemeasured 0.000250 MG/L · limit 0.000200 MG/LBack in compliance
  9. 2008-07-011, 2-Dibromo-3-ChloropropaneMCL, Averagemeasured 0.000240 MG/L · limit 0.000200 MG/LBack in compliance

System details

Population served1,000
Service connections23
Water sourceGroundwater
System typeNon-Transient Non-Community
OwnerLocal Government
StatusActive
CityFresno
EPA ZIP on file93706

Areas served

  • Fresno County

Reading this record

Easton Authority Jpa is a non-transient non-community that draws from groundwater and serves about 1,000 people in Fresno, 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.