Community Water System · PWS CA1610009
Kettleman City Csd
Operator location Kettleman City, California - 85% of 131 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 1,242 served per SDWIS.
- 1,242
- People served (this PWS)
- 131
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 111
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Kettleman City Csd standing, high SDWIS violation third
85% of 131 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 85% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #17,525 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Kettleman City Csd sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (131), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,242 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 85% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #17,525 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #1,064 of 1,701
- Population · CA
- 131
- Total EPA violations on record
- 85%
- 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
- Local
- Connections
- 359
- County
- Kings
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 110
- Monitoring Violations
- 19
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 1
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenic | MCL | 94 | 2019 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 14 | 2006 |
| TTHM | MCL | 7 | 2022 |
| Benzene | MCL | 5 | 1993 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 4 | 2014 |
| Nitrate | MR | 2 | 2003 |
| TTHM | MR | 1 | 2004 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | TT | 1 | 2024 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 1 | 1993 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | RPT | 1 | 2024 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 1 | 2004 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Kettleman City Csd has 131 recorded EPA violations, 79% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 21% carry more. 85% of this system's own violations are health-based (111 of 131), and it ranks #17,525 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)
131 Higher than most more violations than 79% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Health-based violations on Kettleman City Csd
111 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for CA1610009.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · California State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
131 violations · 1,242 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.
Cross-state systems near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Kettleman City Csd
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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