Golden Hills Csd
- Monitoring Nitrate: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2016. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
CA / Tehachapi
CA · Tap water records
Tehachapi tap water, in plain English
Here is what the EPA's own data shows about tap water in Tehachapi. According to EPA SDWIS data retrieved June 2026, Tehachapi is served by 12 active community water systems, together reported to serve about 34,243 people.
As of June 2026, EPA records show 166 violations across the community water system(s) serving Tehachapi, going back to the earliest EPA record. 59 of these are classified by the EPA as health-based (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks); the rest are monitoring or reporting violations. Each is listed by system below, with its status.
- 12Community water systems
- ~34,243People served (EPA-reported)
- June 2026EPA records reviewed through
What the EPA has on record, by system
Tehachapi, City Of
- Health-based LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded once in October 2024. The EPA record for these does not include a measured level. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in October 2024. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Lead and Copper Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in October 2022. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
Bear Valley Csd
- Health-based LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded once in October 2024. The EPA record for these does not include a measured level. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Health-based Combined Uranium: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded once in April 2011. The EPA record lists a level of 31.8 PCI/L; the limit (MCL) is 20 PCI/L. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in October 2024. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
Stallion Springs Csd
- Health-based Nitrate: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 4 times in June 2005. The EPA record lists a level of 49 MG/L; the limit (MCL) is 45 MG/L. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring TTHM: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 13 times between January 2019 and January 2024. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 8 times between January 2019 and January 2023. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Consumer Confidence Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 5 times between July 2018 and July 2022. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Revised Total Coliform Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 8 times between April 2017 and June 2022. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
Cci - Tehachapi
- Health-based Lead and Copper Rule: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 2 times in January 2020. The EPA record for these does not include a measured level. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Revised Total Coliform Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in January 2019. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Coliform (TCR): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in February 2002. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
A.F.P. Mutual Water Company
- Monitoring Consumer Confidence Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in July 2007. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
Willow Springs Mobile Home Park
- Monitoring TTHM: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 5 times between January 2021 and January 2022. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 5 times between January 2021 and January 2022. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Nitrate: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2015. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Consumer Confidence Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in July 2007. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
Chanac Creek Mutual Water Company
- Monitoring TTHM: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2019. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2019. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Revised Total Coliform Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in December 2018. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
Qvwd-West & East Combined Water System
- Health-based Antimony, Total: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 24 times between October 2007 and July 2018. The EPA record lists a level of 0.01 MG/L; the limit (MCL) is 0.006 MG/L. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Health-based Fluoride: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 24 times between October 2007 and July 2018. The EPA record lists a level of 6.5 MG/L; the limit (MCL) is 2 MG/L. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Lead and Copper Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 24 times between December 2006 and October 2016. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Antimony, Total: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times in May 2007. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Arsenic: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times in January 2007. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
West Tehachapi Mutual
- Monitoring Consumer Confidence Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in July 2007. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Lead and Copper Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times between July 1993 and January 1996. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
Pinon Valley Water Company
- Health-based Arsenic: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 2 times in July 2008. The EPA record lists a level of 0.013 MG/L; the limit (MCL) is 0.01 MG/L. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Nitrate: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between January 2012 and January 2020. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Arsenic: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times between October 2007 and January 2013. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
Brite Lake Mutual Water Company
- Monitoring Lead and Copper Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times between July 1993 and January 1996. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
What this means
A health-based violation means a contaminant was recorded above the limit the EPA tracks for it. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was late or missed — not that a contaminant was measured above a limit. “Returned to compliance” means the EPA recorded the issue as resolved.
This page summarizes the EPA's own records and does not assess whether your water is safe to drink. For the most current details, you can verify every record directly with the EPA, and contact your water system with questions.
Source: U.S. EPA Envirofacts SDWIS, retrieved June 2026. Records cover the EPA's full reporting history for these systems. Verify at EPA ECHO.