Community Water System · PWSID AZ0407660

Shangri La Ranch

Serves 345 peopleGroundwaterOwner: Public/PrivateNew River, Arizona
Nothing open that measures the water, but 1 open testing or paperwork violation.

A missed test is not evidence of bad water. It also is not evidence of good water: for that period nobody checked.

On record since 2004: 58 violations. 19 over the limit · 1 treatment lapse · 15 missed or late tests · 23 notices or reports. Most recent began 2025-04-01.

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

19Over the limit
1Treatment lapse
15Missed or late test1 open
23Notice or report

More violations on record than 89% of active water systems in Arizona. Small systems with no staff chemist often rack up missed-test violations; big utilities rarely do.

The record, year by year

2004 · Missed or late test: 12005 · Notice or report: 120052007 · Notice or report: 12008 · Notice or report: 12009 · Notice or report: 12010 · Notice or report: 22010 · Notice or report: 220102011 · Notice or report: 22011 · Notice or report: 22012 · Notice or report: 22012 · Notice or report: 22013 · Notice or report: 22013 · Notice or report: 22014 · Over the limit: 12014 · Notice or report: 12015 · Over the limit: 22015 · Over the limit: 22015 · Missed or late test: 12015 · Notice or report: 22015 · Notice or report: 220152016 · Missed or late test: 12016 · Notice or report: 22016 · Notice or report: 22017 · Over the limit: 12019 · Over the limit: 32019 · Over the limit: 32019 · Over the limit: 32019 · Missed or late test: 12019 · Notice or report: 22019 · Notice or report: 22020 · Over the limit: 32020 · Over the limit: 32020 · Over the limit: 32020 · Missed or late test: 22020 · Missed or late test: 220202021 · Over the limit: 32021 · Over the limit: 32021 · Over the limit: 32021 · Treatment lapse: 12021 · Missed or late test: 22021 · Missed or late test: 22022 · Over the limit: 12022 · Missed or late test: 52022 · Missed or late test: 52022 · Missed or late test: 52022 · Missed or late test: 52022 · Missed or late test: 52022 · Notice or report: 22022 · Notice or report: 22024 · Over the limit: 12024 · Missed or late test: 12024 · Notice or report: 12025 · Over the limit: 42025 · Over the limit: 42025 · Over the limit: 42025 · Over the limit: 42025 · Missed or late test: 12025 · Notice or report: 12025
One square = one violation, by the year it began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
33% over the limit · 192% treatment lapse · 126% missed or late test · 1540% notice or report · 23

Across Arizona, 65% of violations are missed or late tests and 5% are water over a limit.

How far over the limit

at the limit2×5×10×100×+Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UCombined Radium (-226 and...Arsenic2025-04-01 · Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U: measured 17.00 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.1×)2025-04-01 · Combined Radium (-226 and -228): measured 6.00 PCI/L vs limit 5.00 PCI/L (1.2×)2025-01-01 · Combined Radium (-226 and -228): measured 6.00 PCI/L vs limit 5.00 PCI/L (1.2×)2025-01-01 · Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U: measured 18.00 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.2×)2024-10-01 · Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U: measured 18.00 PCI/L vs limit 15.00 PCI/L (1.2×)2022-01-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0130 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.3×)2021-10-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0150 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.5×)2021-07-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0140 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.4×)2021-04-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0130 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.3×)2020-07-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0150 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.5×)2020-04-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0180 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.8×)2020-01-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0220 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (2.2×)2019-10-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0250 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (2.5×)2019-07-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0160 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.6×)2019-04-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0150 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.5×)2017-07-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0110 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.1×)2015-04-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0110 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.1×)2015-01-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0110 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.1×)2014-04-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0120 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.2×)
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
0 ppb
0 ppb

Open now (1)

  1. 2025-01-01Lead and Copper RuleLead Consumer NoticeOpen

Every violation on record

  1. 2025-04-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMCL, Averagemeasured 17.00 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  2. 2025-04-01Combined Radium (-226 and -228)MCL, Averagemeasured 6.00 PCI/L · limit 5.00 PCI/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  3. 2025-02-13Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  4. 2025-01-01Lead and Copper RuleLead Consumer NoticeOpen
  5. 2025-01-01Combined Radium (-226 and -228)MCL, Averagemeasured 6.00 PCI/L · limit 5.00 PCI/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  6. 2025-01-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMCL, Averagemeasured 18.00 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  7. 2024-11-01Revised Total Coliform RuleRPTBack in compliance
  8. 2024-10-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMCL, Averagemeasured 18.00 PCI/L · limit 15.00 PCI/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  9. 2024-08-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  10. 2022-05-20Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  11. 2022-04-01Radium-228Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  12. 2022-04-01Radium-226Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  13. 2022-04-01Combined Radium (-226 and -228)Monitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  14. 2022-04-01Combined UraniumMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  15. 2022-04-01Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and UMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  16. 2022-02-04Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  17. 2022-01-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0130 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  18. 2021-10-11Lead and Copper RuleLead Consumer NoticeBack in compliance
  19. 2021-10-01ChlorineMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  20. 2021-10-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0150 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  21. 2021-07-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0140 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  22. 2021-04-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0130 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  23. 2021-03-13Groundwater RuleFailure To Address DeficiencyBack in compliance
  24. 2020-07-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0150 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  25. 2020-04-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0180 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
Show the other 33 entries
  1. 2020-04-01ArsenicMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  2. 2020-01-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0220 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  3. 2020-01-01ChlorineMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  4. 2019-10-14Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  5. 2019-10-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0250 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  6. 2019-07-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0160 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  7. 2019-07-01Revised Total Coliform RuleRPTBack in compliance
  8. 2019-04-03Lead and Copper RuleLead Consumer NoticeBack in compliance
  9. 2019-04-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0150 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  10. 2017-07-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0110 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  11. 2016-10-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
  12. 2016-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  13. 2016-01-01ChlorineMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  14. 2015-10-01ChlorineMonitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  15. 2015-10-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
  16. 2015-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  17. 2015-04-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0110 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  18. 2015-01-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0110 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  19. 2014-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  20. 2014-04-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0120 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  21. 2013-10-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
  22. 2013-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  23. 2012-10-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
  24. 2012-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  25. 2011-10-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
  26. 2011-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  27. 2010-10-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
  28. 2010-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  29. 2009-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  30. 2008-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  31. 2007-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  32. 2005-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  33. 2004-07-01Lead and Copper RuleInitial Tap Sampling for Pb and CuBack in compliance

System details

Population served345
Service connections160
Water sourceGroundwater
System typeCommunity Water System
OwnerPublic/Private
StatusActive
CityNew River
EPA ZIP on file85087

Areas served

  • New River, Maricopa County

Reading this record

Shangri La Ranch is a community water system that draws from groundwater and serves about 345 people in New River, Arizona. 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.