Drinking water quality · 2023
· Verified
· PWSID CA5410009
What's in Pixley Public Util Dist — Pixley, Ca, CA tap water
Only 9 of 27 core regulated contaminants were reported for Pixley Public Util Dist — Pixley, Ca, CA. What was measured is not clean — but most of the picture is missing.
- !2 contaminants at or above a federal limit — worst is Fluoride at 4.0x
- !9 of 27 core regulated contaminants reported — 18 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.
- −48 contaminants at or above a federal limit
- −0 contaminants within 20% of a limit
- −0 open health-based violations
- −0 open monitoring / reporting violations
- −6 health-based violations resolved in the last 5 years
- −16 core regulated contaminants never reported (9/27)
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
- Fluoride4.0× the federal limit0.11–16 mg/L · limit 4 mg/L
Beneficial at low levels, but long-term exposure above the federal limit can cause bone disease and tooth mottling.
Higher than 95% of CA systems that report it · higher than 95% of U.S. systems
- Nitrate1.0× the federal limit10 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
+10 contaminants were measured and came in below the limitShow all
| Contaminant | Measured | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
| Arsenic | 0–5.4 ug/L | 10 ug/L |
| Gross Alpha | 0.981–3.58 pCi/L | 15 pCi/L |
| Chlorine | 0.7–0.9 mg/L | 4 mg/L |
| Combined Radium | 0–0.305 pCi/L | 5 pCi/L |
| Chromium | 3.6–6.1 ug/L | 100 ug/L |
| Copper | Not detected mg/L | 1.3 mg/L |
| Lead | Not detected ug/L | 15 ug/L |
| Escherichia coli (E. coli) | 0 | 0 |
| Total Coliform | 0 | — |
| 1,2,3-TCP | 0–0.12 ng/L | — |
What this report doesn't tell you
18 of the 27 contaminants a community water system normally reports do not appear anywhere in Pixley Public Util Dist — Pixley, Ca, CA's data. Absent is not the same as absent-from-the-water — it means nobody published a number.
+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.
- Maximum contaminant level exceededHealth-based59 violations on record · most recent Mar 2021resolved
- Monitoring1 violation on recordresolved
Source: EPA SDWIS / ECHO. View the full federal record on EPA ECHO ↗