Transient Non-Community · PWSID CA1500464

Lake Isabella Koa Campground

Serves 280 peopleGroundwaterOwner: PrivateTempleton, California
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On record since 2016: 32 violations. 32 over the limit. Most recent began 2025-01-01.

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32Over the limit
0Treatment lapse
0Missed or late test
0Notice or report

More violations on record than 95% 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

2005201020152016 · Over the limit: 42016 · Over the limit: 42016 · Over the limit: 42016 · Over the limit: 42017 · Over the limit: 42017 · Over the limit: 42017 · Over the limit: 42017 · Over the limit: 42018 · 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: 42020 · Over the limit: 32020 · Over the limit: 32020 · Over the limit: 320202021 · Over the limit: 32021 · Over the limit: 32021 · Over the limit: 32022 · Over the limit: 32022 · Over the limit: 32022 · Over the limit: 32023 · Over the limit: 32023 · Over the limit: 32023 · Over the limit: 32024 · Over the limit: 32024 · Over the limit: 32024 · Over the limit: 32025 · Over the limit: 12025
One square = one violation, by the year it began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
100% over the limit · 32

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×+Nitrate2019-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 15.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.5×)2019-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 15.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.5×)2018-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 12.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.2×)2018-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 16.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.6×)2018-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 14.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.4×)2018-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 14.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.4×)2017-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 16.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.6×)2017-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 15.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.5×)2017-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 15.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.5×)2017-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 16.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.6×)2016-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 16.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.6×)2016-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 16.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.6×)2016-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 15.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.5×)2016-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 15.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.5×)
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. 2025-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 13.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  2. 2024-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 15.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  3. 2024-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 13.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  4. 2024-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 11.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  5. 2023-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 15.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  6. 2023-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 11.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  7. 2023-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 13.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  8. 2022-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 13.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  9. 2022-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 11.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  10. 2022-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 12.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  11. 2021-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 16.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  12. 2021-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 13.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  13. 2021-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 17.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  14. 2020-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 16.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  15. 2020-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 16.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  16. 2020-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 16.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  17. 2019-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 15.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  18. 2019-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 15.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  19. 2019-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 15.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  20. 2019-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 15.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  21. 2018-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 12.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  22. 2018-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 16.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  23. 2018-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 14.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  24. 2018-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 14.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  25. 2017-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 16.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
Show the other 7 entries
  1. 2017-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 15.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  2. 2017-04-01NitrateMCL, Averagemeasured 15.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  3. 2017-01-01NitrateMCL, Averagemeasured 16.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  4. 2016-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 16.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  5. 2016-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 16.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  6. 2016-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 15.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  7. 2016-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 15.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file

System details

Population served280
Service connections68
Water sourceGroundwater
System typeTransient Non-Community
OwnerPrivate
StatusActive
CityTempleton
EPA ZIP on file93465

Areas served

  • Kern County

Reading this record

Lake Isabella Koa Campground is a transient non-community that draws from groundwater and serves about 280 people in Templeton, 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.