Community Water System · PWS CA0400016
Berry Creek Community Service Dist
Operator location Oroville, California - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 28 people served; 42 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 28
- People served (this PWS)
- 42
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 2
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Berry Creek Community Service Dist standing, mid SDWIS violation third
28 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 5% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).
The verdict
Berry Creek Community Service Dist lands in the middle third by violation volume (42), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is smaller (28; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 5% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- 42
- Total EPA violations on record
- 5%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
- 28
- 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.
Based on EPA SDWIS violation history and UCMR5 PFAS testing only, not water taste, odor, infrastructure age, or contaminants outside the federally tracked set.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 8
- County
- Butte
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 13
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 2
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 2 | 2016 |
| Combined Radium (-226 and -228) | MR | 2 | 2007 |
| Lead | TT | 2 | 2008 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 2 | 1981 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 2 | 2018 |
| Arsenic | MR | 2 | 2008 |
| Nitrate | MR | 2 | 2007 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 1 | 1993 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Berry Creek Community Service Dist has 42 recorded EPA violations, 52% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 48% carry more. 5% of this system's own violations are health-based (2 of 42), 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)
42 Around the middle fewer violations than 48% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
How many violations vs. how serious, among peer systems
Berry Creek Community Service Dist plotted against 29 peer public water systems (500+ people served), by total violation count (x) and the share of those violations that are health-based (y). The crosshair sits at this sample's own median on each axis. A high violation count does not automatically mean a serious record: most monitoring and reporting violations are minor, not health-based.
Violation volume vs. health-based share
Population served record for Berry Creek Community Service Dist
EPA SDWIS lists 28 people served and 8 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · California State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
42 violations · 28 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems near this violation count
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
What to do with Berry Creek Community Service Dist
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
- See how every tracked system in California compares on the same EPA violation measures. California systems
- Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
- Find and compare another public water system by name or PWSID. Search systems
EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.