Community Water System · PWSID CA5400670

Triple R Mutual Water Co

Serves 408 peopleGroundwaterOwner: PrivateSpringville, California
1 open treatment violation.

Open for: Lead service line inventory. 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 2002: 41 violations. 37 over the limit · 1 treatment lapse · 2 missed or late tests · 1 notice or report. Most recent began 2024-10-17.

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

37Over the limit
1Treatment lapse1 open
2Missed or late test
1Notice or report1 open

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 · Over the limit: 120052007 · Over the limit: 12007 · Missed or late test: 120102011 · Over the limit: 12013 · Over the limit: 42013 · Over the limit: 42013 · Over the limit: 42013 · Over the limit: 42014 · Over the limit: 12015 · Missed or late test: 120152016 · Over the limit: 42016 · Over the limit: 42016 · Over the limit: 42016 · Over the limit: 42017 · Over the limit: 52017 · Over the limit: 52017 · Over the limit: 52017 · Over the limit: 52017 · Over the limit: 52018 · 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: 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: 42024 · Treatment lapse: 12024 · Notice or report: 12025
One square = one violation, by the year it began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
90% over the limit · 372% treatment lapse · 15% missed or late test · 22% notice or report · 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×+NitrateArsenic2022-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 14.90 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.5×)2022-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 16.20 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.6×)2022-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 16.18 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.6×)2022-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 14.40 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.4×)2021-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 13.55 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.4×)2021-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 16.45 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.6×)2021-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 15.23 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.5×)2021-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 13.40 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.3×)2020-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 14.70 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.5×)2020-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 14.50 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.4×)2020-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 14.67 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.5×)2020-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 13.70 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.4×)2019-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 14.90 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.5×)2019-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 14.90 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.5×)2019-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 13.90 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.4×)2019-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 14.20 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.4×)2018-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 13.90 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.4×)2018-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 15.50 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.6×)2018-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 14.60 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.5×)2018-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 12.68 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.3×)2017-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 12.78 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.3×)2017-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 14.43 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.4×)2017-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 13.50 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.4×)2017-01-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0147 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.5×)2016-10-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0157 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.6×)2016-07-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0147 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.5×)2016-04-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0137 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.4×)2016-01-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0190 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.9×)2014-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 56.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (1.2×)2013-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 59.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (1.3×)2013-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 60.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (1.3×)2013-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 57.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (1.3×)2013-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 60.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (1.3×)2011-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 65.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (1.4×)2007-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 57.20 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (1.3×)2002-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 59.10 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (1.3×)
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

0 ppb
0 ppb
0 ppb

Open now (2)

  1. 2024-10-17Lead service line inventoryRPTOpen
  2. 2024-10-17Lead service line inventoryTTOpen

Every violation on record

  1. 2024-10-17Lead service line inventoryRPTOpen
  2. 2024-10-17Lead service line inventoryTTOpen
  3. 2022-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 14.90 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  4. 2022-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 16.20 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  5. 2022-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 16.18 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  6. 2022-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 14.40 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  7. 2021-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 13.55 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  8. 2021-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 16.45 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  9. 2021-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 15.23 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  10. 2021-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 13.40 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  11. 2020-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 14.70 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  12. 2020-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 14.50 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  13. 2020-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 14.67 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  14. 2020-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 13.70 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  15. 2019-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 14.90 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  16. 2019-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 14.90 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  17. 2019-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 13.90 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  18. 2019-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 14.20 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  19. 2018-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 13.90 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  20. 2018-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 15.50 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  21. 2018-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 14.60 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  22. 2018-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 12.68 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  23. 2017-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 12.78 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  24. 2017-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 14.43 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  25. 2017-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 13.50 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
Show the other 16 entries
  1. 2017-01-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0147 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  2. 2017-01-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMCLBack in compliance
  3. 2016-10-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0157 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  4. 2016-07-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0147 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  5. 2016-04-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0137 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  6. 2016-01-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0190 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LBack in compliance
  7. 2015-01-01NitrateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  8. 2014-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 56.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  9. 2013-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 59.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  10. 2013-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 60.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  11. 2013-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 57.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  12. 2013-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 60.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  13. 2011-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 65.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  14. 2007-04-01NitrateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  15. 2007-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 57.20 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  16. 2002-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 59.10 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance

System details

Population served408
Service connections154
Water sourceGroundwater
System typeCommunity Water System
OwnerPrivate
StatusActive
CitySpringville
EPA ZIP on file93265

Areas served

  • Tulare County

Reading this record

Triple R Mutual Water Co is a community water system that draws from groundwater and serves about 408 people in Springville, 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.