Community Water System · PWSID CA2700771

Psmcsd - Springfield Ws

Serves 200 peopleGroundwaterOwner: PrivateRoyal Oaks, California
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On record since 2002: 45 violations. 44 over the limit · 1 missed or late test. Most recent began 2024-10-01.

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44Over the limit
0Treatment lapse
1Missed or late test
0Notice or report

More violations on record than 97% 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

2002 · Missed or late test: 12005201020152016 · 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: 82018 · Over the limit: 82018 · Over the limit: 82018 · Over the limit: 82018 · Over the limit: 82018 · Over the limit: 82018 · Over the limit: 82018 · Over the limit: 82019 · Over the limit: 82019 · Over the limit: 82019 · Over the limit: 82019 · Over the limit: 82019 · Over the limit: 82019 · Over the limit: 82019 · Over the limit: 82019 · Over the limit: 82020 · Over the limit: 42020 · Over the limit: 42020 · Over the limit: 42020 · Over the limit: 420202021 · Over the limit: 42021 · Over the limit: 42021 · Over the limit: 42021 · Over the limit: 42022 · Over the limit: 42022 · Over the limit: 42022 · Over the limit: 42022 · Over the limit: 42023 · Over the limit: 42023 · Over the limit: 42023 · Over the limit: 42023 · Over the limit: 42024 · Over the limit: 42024 · Over the limit: 42024 · Over the limit: 42024 · Over the limit: 42025
One square = one violation, by the year it began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
98% over the limit · 442% missed or late test · 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×+Nitrate1,2,3-Trichloropropane2024-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 55.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (5.5×)2024-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 56.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (5.6×)2024-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 57.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (5.7×)2024-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 54.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (5.4×)2023-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 57.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (5.7×)2023-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 57.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (5.7×)2023-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 57.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (5.7×)2023-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 59.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (5.9×)2022-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 58.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (5.8×)2022-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 55.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (5.5×)2022-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 58.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (5.8×)2021-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 58.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (5.8×)2021-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 58.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (5.8×)2021-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 59.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (5.9×)2021-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 59.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (5.9×)2020-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 61.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (6.1×)2020-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 56.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (5.6×)2020-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 55.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (5.5×)2020-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 60.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (6.0×)2019-10-01 · 1,2,3-Trichloropropane: measured 0.000031 MG/L vs limit 0.000005 MG/L (6.2×)2019-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 59.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (5.9×)2019-07-01 · 1,2,3-Trichloropropane: measured 0.000031 MG/L vs limit 0.000005 MG/L (6.2×)2019-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 59.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (5.9×)2019-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 62.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (6.2×)2019-01-01 · 1,2,3-Trichloropropane: measured 0.000030 MG/L vs limit 0.000005 MG/L (6.0×)2019-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 59.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (5.9×)2018-10-01 · 1,2,3-Trichloropropane: measured 0.000031 MG/L vs limit 0.000005 MG/L (6.2×)2018-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 60.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (6.0×)2018-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 60.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (6.0×)2018-04-01 · 1,2,3-Trichloropropane: measured 0.000019 MG/L vs limit 0.000005 MG/L (3.9×)2018-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 59.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (5.9×)2018-01-01 · 1,2,3-Trichloropropane: measured 0.000010 MG/L vs limit 0.000005 MG/L (2.0×)2018-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 60.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (6.0×)2017-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 61.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (6.1×)2017-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 62.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (6.2×)2017-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 61.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (6.1×)2017-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 60.50 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (6.0×)2016-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 64.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (6.4×)2016-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 62.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (6.2×)2016-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 63.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (6.3×)2016-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 64.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (6.4×)
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 4 results on file · action level 15 ppb

12 ppb
4.7 ppb
1.9 ppb
0 ppb

Copper, 90th percentile 2 results on file · action level 1.3 mg/L

2 mg/L
1.4 mg/L

Every violation on record

  1. 2024-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 55.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  2. 2024-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 56.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  3. 2024-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 57.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  4. 2024-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 54.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  5. 2023-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 57.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  6. 2023-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 57.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  7. 2023-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 57.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  8. 2023-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 59.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  9. 2022-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 58.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  10. 2022-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 55.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  11. 2022-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 58.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  12. 2022-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 59.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  13. 2021-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 58.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  14. 2021-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 58.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  15. 2021-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 59.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  16. 2021-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 59.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  17. 2020-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 61.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  18. 2020-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 56.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  19. 2020-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 55.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  20. 2020-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 60.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  21. 2019-10-011,2,3-TrichloropropaneMCL, Averagemeasured 0.000031 MG/L · limit 0.000005 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  22. 2019-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 59.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  23. 2019-07-011,2,3-TrichloropropaneMCL, Averagemeasured 0.000031 MG/L · limit 0.000005 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  24. 2019-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 59.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  25. 2019-04-011,2,3-TrichloropropaneMCL, Averagemeasured 0.000028 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
Show the other 20 entries
  1. 2019-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 62.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  2. 2019-01-011,2,3-TrichloropropaneMCL, Averagemeasured 0.000030 MG/L · limit 0.000005 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  3. 2019-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 59.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  4. 2018-10-011,2,3-TrichloropropaneMCL, Averagemeasured 0.000031 MG/L · limit 0.000005 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  5. 2018-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 60.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  6. 2018-07-011,2,3-TrichloropropaneMCL, Averagemeasured 0.000025 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  7. 2018-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 60.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  8. 2018-04-011,2,3-TrichloropropaneMCL, Averagemeasured 0.000019 MG/L · limit 0.000005 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  9. 2018-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 59.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  10. 2018-01-011,2,3-TrichloropropaneMCL, Averagemeasured 0.000010 MG/L · limit 0.000005 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  11. 2018-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 60.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  12. 2017-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 61.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  13. 2017-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 62.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  14. 2017-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 61.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  15. 2017-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 60.50 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  16. 2016-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 64.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  17. 2016-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 62.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  18. 2016-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 63.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  19. 2016-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 64.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  20. 2002-10-01Coliform (TCR)Monitoring, Routine Major (TCR)Back in compliance

System details

Population served200
Service connections34
Water sourceGroundwater
System typeCommunity Water System
OwnerPrivate
StatusActive
CityRoyal Oaks
EPA ZIP on file95076

Areas served

  • Monterey County

Reading this record

Psmcsd - Springfield Ws is a community water system that draws from groundwater and serves about 200 people in Royal Oaks, 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.