Is The Lakes Association Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water
Ownership: Private
Counties served: Tulare

Compliance record

Formal violations the EPA has on file for this supplier. A health-based violation means a contaminant limit or a required treatment was breached; the rest are monitoring or reporting failures — still violations, but not a measured health risk.

health-based violations

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2014-12-01 → 2014-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2014-12-01 → 2014-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2014-09-01 → 2014-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2014-09-01 → 2014-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2013-06-01 → 2013-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2013-06-01 → 2013-06-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2019-01-01 → 2019-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2019-01-01 → 2019-12-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2014-11-01 → 2014-11-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2014-11-01 → 2014-11-30

Other contaminants detected

Each bar shows the measured level as a share of the EPA limit: green is well under, amber is close to it, red is over. For lead and copper the limit applies to exactly the 90th-percentile figure shown, so red there means a real exceedance. For everything else the limit applies to a running annual average while the figure is the 95th percentile of this system's samples — over 100% is worth reading, but is not by itself a violation. Where a single sample came in higher than that percentile, it is noted under the bar. Formal violations are listed separately.

Contaminant	Level vs EPA limit	Detection rate	Source	Period
Nitrate	7797 µg/L 78% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 8203.8 µg/L	42/42	SYR4	2012–2018
Lead	0.0 mg/L 0% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	12/12	LCR	2023
Barium	44 µg/L 2.2% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 44.3 µg/L	2/4	SYR4	2015–2018
Chromium	2 µg/L 2% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L	2/4	SYR4	2015–2018
Nitrate-Nitrite	2395 µg/L 24% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 2400 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2018
Arsenic	2 µg/L 20% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L	1/4	SYR4	2015–2018

36 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-DichloropropaneAntimony, TotalAtrazineBenzeneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCopperCadmiumCarbon TetrachlorideDichloromethaneEthylene DibromideEthylbenzeneFluorideLassoLeadMercuryNitriteSeleniumSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: BOONE, ANDREA
Phone: 559-909-3420
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about The Lakes Association

Is The Lakes Association tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 6 contaminants in The Lakes Association's water. A detection isn't the same as a violation — most levels are within federal limits. See each level and source above, and the utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report for its official compliance status.

What contaminants were detected in The Lakes Association's water?

EPA monitoring detected Nitrate, Lead, Barium, Chromium, Nitrate-Nitrite, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does The Lakes Association serve?

The Lakes Association reports serving 495 people in California, per its EPA record.

Has The Lakes Association had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 16 violations on file for The Lakes Association, of which 6 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 0 remain open. The rest are monitoring or reporting failures.

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is official EPA drinking-water monitoring — the Lead & Copper Rule, the UCMR-5 nationwide testing program, and the EPA Six-Year Review — not our own testing. Each number is labelled with its source and period.