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Community Water System · PWS CA1510023

Lake of the Woods MWC

Operator location Frazier Park, California - 63% of 72 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 779 served per SDWIS.

779
People served (this PWS)
72
EPA violations (this PWS)
45
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Lake of the Woods MWC standing, mid SDWIS violation third

63% of 72 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 63% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #22,973 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Lake of the Woods MWC lands in the middle third by violation volume (72), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is smaller (779; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 63% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#22,973 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#1,340 of 1,701
Population · CA
72
Total EPA violations on record
63%
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
Community
Owner Type
Private
Connections
392
County
Kern
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
45
Monitoring Violations
27
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Nitrate MCL 25 2020
Coliform (TCR) MCL 20 2015
Coliform (TCR) MR 16 2006
Lead and Copper Rule MR 3 1996
Asbestos MR 2 1994
Nitrate MR 2 1995
Nitrite MR 2 1996
Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 2 2020

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Lake of the Woods MWC has 72 recorded EPA violations, 66% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 34% carry more. 63% of this system's own violations are health-based (45 of 72), and it ranks #22,973 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)

72 Around the middle fewer violations than 34% 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

Health-based violations on Lake of the Woods MWC

45 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for CA1510023.

Sources: EPA SDWIS · California State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water

Nationwide peers

72 violations · 779 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

What to do with Lake of the Woods MWC

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