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Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS CA1000280

Sierra High School

Operator location Tollhouse, California - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 720 people served; 16 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.

720
People served (this PWS)
16
EPA violations (this PWS)
1
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Sierra High School standing, low SDWIS violation third

720 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 6% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #23,937 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Sierra High School is in the lower third by violation count (16; lower-third violation load (≤ 21 violations)). A low count does not mean the system is unmonitored - monitoring and reporting violations still appear in SDWIS. Population served is smaller (720; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 6% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#23,937 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#1,383 of 1,701
Population · CA
16
Total EPA violations on record
6%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.

System Details

System Type
Non-Transient Non-Community
Owner Type
Local
Connections
26
County
Fresno
School/Daycare
Yes
MCL Violations
0
Monitoring Violations
10
Treatment Tech Violations
1

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Coliform (TCR) MR 2 2008
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 2 2016
TTHM MR 2 2016
Nitrate MR 2 2021
Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule Other 2 2016
Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 2 2020
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS RPT 1 2024
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS TT 1 2024

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Sierra High School has 16 recorded EPA violations, 26% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 72% carry more. 6% of this system's own violations are health-based (1 of 16), and it ranks #23,937 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.

EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus

Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)

16 Lower than most fewer violations than 72% 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 Sierra High School

EPA SDWIS lists 720 people served and 26 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

16 violations · 720 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

Cross-state systems with similarly light violation ledgers

Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.

4 peers

Cross-state systems with smaller service footprints

Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).

4 peers

What to do with Sierra High School

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
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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.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater