Community Water System · PWSID CA1000042

Fcwwd 40 - Shaver Springs

Serves 196 peopleGroundwaterOwner: Local GovernmentFresno, California
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On record since 2005: 35 violations. 35 over the limit. Most recent began 2019-10-01.

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

35Over the limit
0Treatment lapse
0Missed or late test
0Notice 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

2005 · Over the limit: 120052006 · Over the limit: 32006 · Over the limit: 32006 · Over the limit: 32007 · Over the limit: 12008 · Over the limit: 22008 · Over the limit: 22009 · Over the limit: 32009 · Over the limit: 32009 · Over the limit: 320102015 · Over the limit: 120152016 · Over the limit: 82016 · Over the limit: 82016 · Over the limit: 82016 · Over the limit: 82016 · Over the limit: 82016 · Over the limit: 82016 · Over the limit: 82016 · 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: 82017 · Over the limit: 82018 · Over the limit: 42018 · Over the limit: 42018 · Over the limit: 42018 · Over the limit: 42019 · Over the limit: 42019 · Over the limit: 42019 · Over the limit: 42019 · Over the limit: 420202025
One square = one violation, by the year it began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
100% over the limit · 35

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×+Gross Alpha Particle ActivityCombined Uranium2019-10-01 · Gross Alpha Particle Activity: measured 32.90 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (2.2×)2019-07-01 · Gross Alpha Particle Activity: measured 31.70 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (2.1×)2019-04-01 · Gross Alpha Particle Activity: measured 40.40 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (2.7×)2019-01-01 · Gross Alpha Particle Activity: measured 47.50 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (3.2×)2018-10-01 · Gross Alpha Particle Activity: measured 38.80 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (2.6×)2018-07-01 · Gross Alpha Particle Activity: measured 38.60 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (2.6×)2018-04-01 · Gross Alpha Particle Activity: measured 55.60 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (3.7×)2018-01-01 · Gross Alpha Particle Activity: measured 66.40 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (4.4×)2017-10-01 · Gross Alpha Particle Activity: measured 83.90 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (5.6×)2017-10-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 42.10 PCI/L vs limit 20.00 PCI/L (2.1×)2017-07-01 · Gross Alpha Particle Activity: measured 86.70 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (5.8×)2017-07-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 41.90 PCI/L vs limit 20.00 PCI/L (2.1×)2017-04-01 · Gross Alpha Particle Activity: measured 70.80 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (4.7×)2017-04-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 35.50 PCI/L vs limit 20.00 PCI/L (1.8×)2017-01-01 · Gross Alpha Particle Activity: measured 63.50 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (4.2×)2017-01-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 30.80 PCI/L vs limit 20.00 PCI/L (1.5×)2016-10-01 · Gross Alpha Particle Activity: measured 54.90 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (3.7×)2016-10-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 28.50 PCI/L vs limit 20.00 PCI/L (1.4×)2016-07-01 · Gross Alpha Particle Activity: measured 56.00 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (3.7×)2016-07-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 30.30 PCI/L vs limit 20.00 PCI/L (1.5×)2016-04-01 · Gross Alpha Particle Activity: measured 48.20 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (3.2×)2016-04-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 28.00 PCI/L vs limit 20.00 PCI/L (1.4×)2016-01-01 · Gross Alpha Particle Activity: measured 41.00 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (2.7×)2016-01-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 25.00 PCI/L vs limit 20.00 PCI/L (1.2×)2015-10-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 24.80 PCI/L vs limit 20.00 PCI/L (1.2×)2009-10-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 23.00 PCI/L vs limit 20.00 PCI/L (1.1×)2009-07-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 23.00 PCI/L vs limit 20.00 PCI/L (1.1×)2009-04-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 23.00 PCI/L vs limit 20.00 PCI/L (1.1×)2008-10-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 20.70 PCI/L vs limit 20.00 PCI/L (1.0×)2008-07-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 28.00 PCI/L vs limit 20.00 PCI/L (1.4×)2007-01-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 28.00 PCI/L vs limit 20.00 PCI/L (1.4×)2006-10-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 21.10 PCI/L vs limit 20.00 PCI/L (1.1×)2006-07-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 20.40 PCI/L vs limit 20.00 PCI/L (1.0×)2006-04-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 20.40 PCI/L vs limit 20.00 PCI/L (1.0×)2005-10-01 · Combined Uranium: measured 21.70 PCI/L vs limit 20.00 PCI/L (1.1×)
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

2.8 ppb
2 ppb
1.6 ppb

Every violation on record

  1. 2019-10-01Gross Alpha Particle ActivityMCL, Averagemeasured 32.90 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  2. 2019-07-01Gross Alpha Particle ActivityMCL, Averagemeasured 31.70 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  3. 2019-04-01Gross Alpha Particle ActivityMCL, Averagemeasured 40.40 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  4. 2019-01-01Gross Alpha Particle ActivityMCL, Averagemeasured 47.50 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  5. 2018-10-01Gross Alpha Particle ActivityMCL, Averagemeasured 38.80 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  6. 2018-07-01Gross Alpha Particle ActivityMCL, Averagemeasured 38.60 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  7. 2018-04-01Gross Alpha Particle ActivityMCL, Averagemeasured 55.60 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  8. 2018-01-01Gross Alpha Particle ActivityMCL, Averagemeasured 66.40 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  9. 2017-10-01Gross Alpha Particle ActivityMCL, Averagemeasured 83.90 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  10. 2017-10-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 42.10 PCI/L · limit 20.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  11. 2017-07-01Gross Alpha Particle ActivityMCL, Averagemeasured 86.70 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  12. 2017-07-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 41.90 PCI/L · limit 20.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  13. 2017-04-01Gross Alpha Particle ActivityMCL, Averagemeasured 70.80 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  14. 2017-04-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 35.50 PCI/L · limit 20.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  15. 2017-01-01Gross Alpha Particle ActivityMCL, Averagemeasured 63.50 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  16. 2017-01-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 30.80 PCI/L · limit 20.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  17. 2016-10-01Gross Alpha Particle ActivityMCL, Averagemeasured 54.90 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  18. 2016-10-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 28.50 PCI/L · limit 20.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  19. 2016-07-01Gross Alpha Particle ActivityMCL, Averagemeasured 56.00 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  20. 2016-07-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 30.30 PCI/L · limit 20.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  21. 2016-04-01Gross Alpha Particle ActivityMCL, Averagemeasured 48.20 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  22. 2016-04-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 28.00 PCI/L · limit 20.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  23. 2016-01-01Gross Alpha Particle ActivityMCL, Averagemeasured 41.00 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  24. 2016-01-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 25.00 PCI/L · limit 20.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  25. 2015-10-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 24.80 PCI/L · limit 20.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
Show the other 10 entries
  1. 2009-10-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 23.00 PCI/L · limit 20.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  2. 2009-07-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 23.00 PCI/L · limit 20.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  3. 2009-04-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 23.00 PCI/L · limit 20.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  4. 2008-10-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 20.70 PCI/L · limit 20.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  5. 2008-07-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 28.00 PCI/L · limit 20.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  6. 2007-01-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 28.00 PCI/L · limit 20.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  7. 2006-10-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 21.10 PCI/L · limit 20.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  8. 2006-07-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 20.40 PCI/L · limit 20.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  9. 2006-04-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 20.40 PCI/L · limit 20.00 PCI/LBack in compliance
  10. 2005-10-01Combined UraniumMCL, Averagemeasured 21.70 PCI/L · limit 20.00 PCI/LBack in compliance

System details

Population served196
Service connections70
Water sourceGroundwater
System typeCommunity Water System
OwnerLocal Government
StatusActive
CityFresno
EPA ZIP on file93721

Areas served

  • Fresno County

Reading this record

Fcwwd 40 - Shaver Springs is a community water system that draws from groundwater and serves about 196 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.