Community Water System · PWS 090605074
Tule River Apple Valley
Operator location Porterville, EPA Region 9 — Tribal Water Systems - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 25 people served; 124 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 25
- People served (this PWS)
- 124
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 1
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Tule River Apple Valley standing, high SDWIS violation third
25 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 1% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).
The verdict
Tule River Apple Valley sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (124), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (25; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 1% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- 124
- Total EPA violations on record
- 1%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
- 25
- People served by this PWS (SDWIS)
- N/A
- PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Native American
- Connections
- 13
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 1
- Monitoring Violations
- 94
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 22 | 2015 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 5 | 2023 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 4 | 2014 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 4 | 2018 |
| Nitrate | MR | 3 | 2013 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 3 | 2023 |
| TTHM | MR | 3 | 2023 |
| Carbofuran | MR | 2 | 2011 |
| LASSO | MR | 2 | 2011 |
| Styrene | MR | 2 | 2011 |
| Atrazine | MR | 2 | 2011 |
| Cadmium | MR | 1 | 1996 |
| Mercury | MR | 1 | 1996 |
| Nitrate-Nitrite | MR | 1 | 1996 |
| Selenium | MR | 1 | 1996 |
| Endothall | MR | 1 | 2011 |
| Glyphosate | MR | 1 | 2011 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | MR | 1 | 2011 |
| Heptachlor | MR | 1 | 1996 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 1 | 1996 |
| Heptachlor epoxide | MR | 1 | 1996 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 1 | 1996 |
| 2,4,5-TP | MR | 1 | 1996 |
| 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE | MR | 1 | 1996 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 1 | 1996 |
| ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE | MR | 1 | 1996 |
| Xylenes, Total | MR | 1 | 1996 |
| Chlordane | MR | 1 | 1996 |
| o-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 1 | 1996 |
| Vinyl chloride | MR | 1 | 1996 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Tule River Apple Valley has 124 recorded EPA violations, 77% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 22% carry more. 1% of this system's own violations are health-based (1 of 124), and it ranks unranked by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
124 Higher than most more violations than 77% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Population served record for Tule River Apple Valley
EPA SDWIS lists 25 people served and 13 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
124 violations · 25 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems with comparable violation load
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
What to do with Tule River Apple Valley
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
- See how every tracked system in EPA Region 9 — Tribal Water Systems compares on the same EPA violation measures. EPA Region 9 — Tribal Water Systems systems
- Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
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EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.