Transient Non-Community · PWSID CA1503558

Shepherd of the Mountains Lutheran Churc

Serves 280 peopleGroundwater PurchasedOwner: PrivateBakersfield, California
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On record since 2007: 20 violations. 15 over the limit · 5 missed or late tests. Most recent began 2022-01-01.

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

15Over the limit
0Treatment lapse
5Missed or late test
0Notice or report

More violations on record than 93% 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

20052007 · Over the limit: 12008 · Over the limit: 32008 · Over the limit: 32008 · Over the limit: 32009 · Over the limit: 42009 · Over the limit: 42009 · Over the limit: 42009 · Over the limit: 42010 · Over the limit: 42010 · Over the limit: 42010 · Over the limit: 42010 · Over the limit: 420102011 · Over the limit: 12011 · Missed or late test: 12012 · Missed or late test: 12013 · Over the limit: 22013 · Over the limit: 22013 · Missed or late test: 1201520202021 · Missed or late test: 12022 · Missed or late test: 12025
One square = one violation, by the year it began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
75% over the limit · 1525% missed or late test · 5

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×+NitrateFluoride2013-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 63.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (1.4×)2013-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 58.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (1.3×)2011-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 50.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (1.1×)2010-07-01 · Fluoride: measured 2.07 MG/L vs limit 2.00 MG/L (1.0×)2010-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 49.50 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (1.1×)2010-04-01 · Fluoride: measured 2.13 MG/L vs limit 2.00 MG/L (1.1×)2010-01-01 · Fluoride: measured 2.17 MG/L vs limit 2.00 MG/L (1.1×)2009-10-01 · Fluoride: measured 2.13 MG/L vs limit 2.00 MG/L (1.1×)2009-07-01 · Fluoride: measured 2.20 MG/L vs limit 2.00 MG/L (1.1×)2009-04-01 · Fluoride: measured 2.15 MG/L vs limit 2.00 MG/L (1.1×)2009-01-01 · Fluoride: measured 2.17 MG/L vs limit 2.00 MG/L (1.1×)2008-10-01 · Fluoride: measured 2.20 MG/L vs limit 2.00 MG/L (1.1×)2008-07-01 · Fluoride: measured 2.10 MG/L vs limit 2.00 MG/L (1.1×)2008-01-01 · Fluoride: measured 2.13 MG/L vs limit 2.00 MG/L (1.1×)2007-10-01 · Fluoride: measured 2.13 MG/L vs limit 2.00 MG/L (1.1×)
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. 2022-01-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  2. 2021-07-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance
  3. 2013-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 63.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  4. 2013-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 58.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  5. 2013-01-01NitrateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  6. 2012-04-01NitrateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  7. 2011-10-01NitrateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  8. 2011-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 50.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  9. 2010-07-01FluorideMCL, Averagemeasured 2.07 MG/L · limit 2.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  10. 2010-07-01NitrateMCL, Averagemeasured 49.50 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  11. 2010-04-01FluorideMCL, Averagemeasured 2.13 MG/L · limit 2.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  12. 2010-01-01FluorideMCL, Averagemeasured 2.17 MG/L · limit 2.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  13. 2009-10-01FluorideMCL, Averagemeasured 2.13 MG/L · limit 2.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  14. 2009-07-01FluorideMCL, Averagemeasured 2.20 MG/L · limit 2.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  15. 2009-04-01FluorideMCL, Averagemeasured 2.15 MG/L · limit 2.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  16. 2009-01-01FluorideMCL, Averagemeasured 2.17 MG/L · limit 2.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  17. 2008-10-01FluorideMCL, Averagemeasured 2.20 MG/L · limit 2.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  18. 2008-07-01FluorideMCL, Averagemeasured 2.10 MG/L · limit 2.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  19. 2008-01-01FluorideMCL, Averagemeasured 2.13 MG/L · limit 2.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  20. 2007-10-01FluorideMCL, Averagemeasured 2.13 MG/L · limit 2.00 MG/LBack in compliance

System details

Population served280
Service connections1
Water sourceGroundwater Purchased
System typeTransient Non-Community
OwnerPrivate
StatusActive
CityBakersfield
EPA ZIP on file93312

Areas served

  • Kern County

Reading this record

Shepherd of the Mountains Lutheran Churc is a transient non-community that draws from groundwater purchased and serves about 280 people in Bakersfield, 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.