Drinking water quality · 2023

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· PWSID CA5610059

What's in Golden State Water Company - Simi Valley — Rancho Cordova, Ca, CA tap water

D
Water quality score
65/ 100Concern

1 contaminant in Golden State Water Company - Simi Valley — Rancho Cordova, Ca, CA's water sat at or above a federal limit, led by Nitrate at 1.3x the limit.

  • !1 contaminant at or above a federal limit — worst is Nitrate at 1.3x
  • !1 contaminant within 20% of a limit
  • !10 of 27 core regulated contaminants reported — 17 never appear in this report
  • No open federal violations
+How this score is calculated

Every system starts at 100. Points come off for measured levels, for the federal violation record, and for how much of the core regulated set the utility actually reported. All three inputs are the utility's own published numbers and EPA's own records.

  • 17  contaminants at or above a federal limit
  • 4  contaminants within 20% of a limit
  • 0  open health-based violations
  • 0  open monitoring / reporting violations
  • 0  health-based violations resolved in the last 5 years
  • 14  core regulated contaminants never reported (10/27)

A 90–100 · B 80–89 · C 70–79 · D 60–69 · F below 60. A system reporting under a third of the core set is capped at C however clean its numbers look — a short report is not a clean bill of health.

Full grading methodology, constant for constant →

What to worry about

  • Nitrate1.3× the federal limit
    13 mg/L · limit 10 mg/L

    Levels above the federal limit can cause 'blue baby syndrome,' a serious oxygen-transport condition in infants.

    Higher than 95% of CA systems that report it · higher than 95% of U.S. systems

  • Selenium90% of the federal limit
    45 ug/L · limit 50 ug/L

    Essential in tiny amounts, but long-term exposure above the federal limit can cause hair and fingernail loss and circulatory problems.

    Higher than 95% of CA systems that report it · higher than 95% of U.S. systems

+14 contaminants were measured and came in below the limitShow all
ContaminantMeasured
Gross Alpha10 pCi/L
Chloramine1.8 mg/L
Copper0.48 mg/L
Bromate3.1 ug/L
TTHM15.5 ug/L
Fluoride0.7 mg/L
HAA55.1 ug/L
Perchlorate4.1 ug/L
Aluminum0.06 mg/L
Lead0.0 mg/L
Lithium0.01 ug/L
PceNot detected ug/L
Gross Beta Particle Activity8 pCi/L
Uranium15 pCi/L

What this report doesn't tell you

17 of the 27 contaminants a community water system normally reports do not appear anywhere in Golden State Water Company - Simi Valley — Rancho Cordova, Ca, CA's data. Absent is not the same as absent-from-the-water — it means nobody published a number.

ArsenicColiform bacteriaTurbidityBariumChromiumAntimonyCadmiumMercuryThalliumBerylliumCyanideRadiumAtrazine / simazineTetrachloroethylene (PCE)Trichloroethylene (TCE)BenzenePFAS
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+Full detail: PFAS testing, water source, historical monitoring, and the federal violation record

Compliance history

Federal Safe Drinking Water Act violation & enforcement records (EPA SDWIS). A violation is a regulatory determination by the state or EPA — separate from the measured levels above.

No federal drinking-water violations on record for this system.
Source: Golden State Water Company - Simi Valley — Rancho Cordova, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report — the annual drinking-water report every U.S. utility is required to publish. The numbers on this page are the utility's own. A water-quality report covers an entire service area, not a single address.
The grade at the top of this page is computed, not editorial. See exactly how we grade water systems — every deduction, every ceiling, every threshold.

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