Transient Non-Community · PWSID CA1200831

Larrupin Cafe

Serves 247 peopleSurface WaterOwner: PrivateTrinidad, California
1 open treatment violation.

Open for: Revised Total Coliform Rule. 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 2004: 25 violations. 24 treatment lapses · 1 missed or late test. Most recent began 2021-01-01.

None of them is a measurement of contaminated water.

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

0Over the limit
24Treatment lapse1 open
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

2004 · Treatment lapse: 12005 · Treatment lapse: 52005 · Treatment lapse: 52005 · Treatment lapse: 52005 · Treatment lapse: 52005 · Treatment lapse: 520052006 · Treatment lapse: 32006 · Treatment lapse: 32006 · Treatment lapse: 32007 · Treatment lapse: 12010 · Treatment lapse: 120102011 · Treatment lapse: 22011 · Treatment lapse: 22014 · Treatment lapse: 12015 · Treatment lapse: 120152017 · Treatment lapse: 82017 · Treatment lapse: 82017 · Treatment lapse: 82017 · Treatment lapse: 82017 · Treatment lapse: 82017 · Treatment lapse: 82017 · Treatment lapse: 82017 · Treatment lapse: 82018 · Treatment lapse: 120202021 · Missed or late test: 12025
One square = one violation, by the year it began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
96% treatment lapse · 244% missed or late test · 1

Across California, 52% of violations are missed or late tests and 29% are water over a limit.

What you can do

  • Total Coliform Bacteria: If your water system has coliform violations, consider boiling water or using bottled water until the system confirms the issue is resolved. Contact your water provider for their latest test results and any boil-water advisories.

Open now (1)

  1. 2017-10-10Revised Total Coliform RuleTTOpen

Every violation on record

  1. 2021-01-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  2. 2018-01-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)Back in compliance
  3. 2017-12-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)Back in compliance
  4. 2017-11-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)Back in compliance
  5. 2017-10-10Revised Total Coliform RuleTTOpen
  6. 2017-05-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)Back in compliance
  7. 2017-04-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)Back in compliance
  8. 2017-03-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)Back in compliance
  9. 2017-02-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)Back in compliance
  10. 2017-01-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)Back in compliance
  11. 2015-12-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)Back in compliance
  12. 2014-01-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)Back in compliance
  13. 2011-07-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)Back in compliance
  14. 2011-01-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)Back in compliance
  15. 2010-08-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)Back in compliance
  16. 2007-01-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)Back in compliance
  17. 2006-07-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)Back in compliance
  18. 2006-04-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)Back in compliance
  19. 2006-01-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)Back in compliance
  20. 2005-12-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)Back in compliance
  21. 2005-11-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)Back in compliance
  22. 2005-10-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)Back in compliance
  23. 2005-04-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)Back in compliance
  24. 2005-02-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)Back in compliance
  25. 2004-01-01Surface water treatment (SWTR)Treatment Technique (SWTR and GWR)Back in compliance

System details

Population served247
Service connections1
Water sourceSurface Water
System typeTransient Non-Community
OwnerPrivate
StatusActive
CityTrinidad
EPA ZIP on file95570

Areas served

  • Humboldt County

Reading this record

Larrupin Cafe is a transient non-community that draws from surface water and serves about 247 people in Trinidad, 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.