Community Water System · PWSID CA3301267

Fisherman's Retreat

Serves 352 peopleGroundwaterOwner: PrivateRedlands, California
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 1999: 13 violations. 6 over the limit · 1 treatment lapse · 2 missed or late tests · 4 notices or reports. 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.

6Over the limit
1Treatment lapse1 open
2Missed or late test
4Notice or report1 open

More violations on record than 90% 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

1999 · Missed or late test: 120002001 · Missed or late test: 12004 · Notice or report: 12005 · Notice or report: 120052006 · Notice or report: 12010201520202023 · Over the limit: 62023 · Over the limit: 62023 · Over the limit: 62023 · Over the limit: 62023 · Over the limit: 62023 · Over the limit: 62024 · Treatment lapse: 12024 · Notice or report: 12025
One square = one violation, by the year it began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
46% over the limit · 68% treatment lapse · 115% missed or late test · 231% notice or report · 4

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×+ManganeseIron2023-10-01 · Manganese: measured 470.00 UG/L vs limit 50.00 UG/L (9.4×)2023-10-01 · Iron: measured 850.00 UG/L vs limit 300.00 UG/L (2.8×)2023-07-01 · Manganese: measured 430.00 UG/L vs limit 50.00 UG/L (8.6×)2023-07-01 · Iron: measured 760.00 UG/L vs limit 300.00 UG/L (2.5×)2023-04-01 · Manganese: measured 530.00 UG/L vs limit 50.00 UG/L (10.6×)2023-04-01 · Iron: measured 1200.00 UG/L vs limit 300.00 UG/L (4.0×)
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

3 ppb
0 ppb
0 ppb

Open now (2)

  1. 2024-10-17Lead service line inventoryRPTOpen
  2. 2024-10-17Lead service line inventoryTTOpen

Every violation on record

  1. 2024-10-17Lead service line inventoryRPTOpen
  2. 2024-10-17Lead service line inventoryTTOpen
  3. 2023-10-01ManganeseMCL, Averagemeasured 470.00 UG/L · limit 50.00 UG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  4. 2023-10-01IronMCL, Averagemeasured 850.00 UG/L · limit 300.00 UG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  5. 2023-07-01ManganeseMCL, Averagemeasured 430.00 UG/L · limit 50.00 UG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  6. 2023-07-01IronMCL, Averagemeasured 760.00 UG/L · limit 300.00 UG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  7. 2023-04-01ManganeseMCL, Averagemeasured 530.00 UG/L · limit 50.00 UG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  8. 2023-04-01IronMCL, Averagemeasured 1200.00 UG/L · limit 300.00 UG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  9. 2006-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  10. 2005-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  11. 2004-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  12. 2001-11-14Lead and Copper RuleInitial Tap Sampling for Pb and CuBack in compliance
  13. 1999-05-01Coliform (TCR)Monitoring, Routine Minor (TCR)Back in compliance

System details

Population served352
Service connections172
Water sourceGroundwater
System typeCommunity Water System
OwnerPrivate
StatusActive
CityRedlands
EPA ZIP on file92373

Areas served

  • Riverside County

Reading this record

Fisherman's Retreat is a community water system that draws from groundwater and serves about 352 people in Redlands, 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.