Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS CA3600036
Calico Ghost Town
Operator location San Bernardino, California - 96% of 131 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 24,623 served per SDWIS.
- 24,623
- People served (this PWS)
- 131
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 126
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Calico Ghost Town standing, high SDWIS violation third
96% 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 96% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #2,267 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Calico Ghost Town 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 large (24,623; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 96% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #2,267 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #320 of 1,701
- Population · CA
- 131
- Total EPA violations on record
- 96%
- 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
- Transient Non-Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 158
- County
- San Bernardino
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 126
- Monitoring Violations
- 4
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenic | MCL | 74 | 2019 |
| Fluoride | MCL | 52 | 2019 |
| Fluoride | MR | 3 | 2015 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 1 | 1993 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Calico Ghost Town has 131 recorded EPA violations, 79% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 21% carry more. 96% of this system's own violations are health-based (126 of 131), and it ranks #2,267 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 Calico Ghost Town
126 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for CA3600036.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · California State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
131 violations · 24,623 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 with similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Calico Ghost Town
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.