Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS CA3000734
Knott S Berry Farm
Operator location Buena Park, California - 80% of 10 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 3,000 served per SDWIS.
- 3,000
- People served (this PWS)
- 10
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 8
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Knott S Berry Farm standing, low SDWIS violation third
80% of 10 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 80% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #10,594 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Knott S Berry Farm is in the lower third by violation count (10; 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 mid-pack at 3,000 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 80% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #10,594 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #770 of 1,701
- Population · CA
- 10
- Total EPA violations on record
- 80%
- 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
- Private
- Connections
- 111
- County
- Orange
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 8
- Monitoring Violations
- 1
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 8 | 2007 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 1 | 1993 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Knott S Berry Farm has 10 recorded EPA violations, 18% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 81% carry more. 80% of this system's own violations are health-based (8 of 10), and it ranks #10,594 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)
10 Among the lowest violation counts fewer violations than 81% 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 Knott S Berry Farm
8 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for CA3000734.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · California State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
10 violations · 3,000 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.
- Eastern Shawnee EPA Region 6 — Tribal Water Systems 10violations
- Acoma Sky City Cultural Center EPA Region 6 — Tribal Water Systems 10violations
- New Town, City Of EPA Region 8 — Tribal Water Systems 10violations
- Running Creek Casino Water System (Habematolel) EPA Region 9 — Tribal Water Systems 10violations
Cross-state systems near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Knott S Berry Farm
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
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