Is Fairoaks Pws #44 Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: San Joaquin

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
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2002-07-01

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 single worst sample on record — over 100% is worth reading, but is not by itself a violation. Formal violations are listed separately.

Contaminant	Level vs EPA limit	Detection rate	Source	Period
Nitrate	8500 µg/L 85% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	54/54	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0 mg/L 0% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	14/14	LCR	2025
TTHM	6 µg/L 7.5% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L	8/19	SYR4	2013–2019
Bromoform	5 µg/L No EPA limit set	7/19	SYR4	2013–2019
Selenium	8 µg/L 16% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L	7/8	SYR4	2013–2019
Dibromochloromethane	1 µg/L No EPA limit set	5/20	SYR4	2013–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	4800 µg/L 48% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	5/5	SYR4	2016–2019
Barium	26.9 µg/L 1.3% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L	4/8	SYR4	2013–2019
Chromium	7 µg/L 7% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L	4/8	SYR4	2013–2019
Combined Uranium	4.8425 µg/L 16% of the EPA limit 30 µg/L	4/4	SYR4	2013–2019
Bromodichloromethane	0.7000 µg/L No EPA limit set	3/20	SYR4	2013–2019
Fluoride	100 µg/L 2.5% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L	3/8	SYR4	2013–2019
Lead	3.9 µg/L 26% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L	3/8	SYR4	2013–2019
Copper	80 µg/L 6.2% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L	2/8	SYR4	2013–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	2 µg/L No EPA limit set	2/11	SYR4	2014–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	2 µg/L 3.3% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L	2/11	SYR4	2014–2019
Chloroform	0.5000 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/20	SYR4	2013–2019
Mercury	0.0200 µg/L 1% of the EPA limit 2 µg/L	1/8	SYR4	2013–2019

35 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-DichloropropaneAntimony, TotalArsenicAtrazineBenzeneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCadmiumCarbon TetrachlorideDichloromethaneDichloroacetic AcidEthylene DibromideEthylbenzeneMonobromoacetic AcidMonochloroacetic AcidNitriteSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTrichloroacetic AcidTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: IRONS, CLINTON
Phone: 209-468-3090
Email: cirons@sjgov.org

Frequently asked questions about Fairoaks Pws #44

Is Fairoaks Pws #44 tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 18 contaminants in Fairoaks Pws #44'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 Fairoaks Pws #44's water?

EPA monitoring detected Nitrate, Lead, TTHM, Bromoform, Selenium, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Fairoaks Pws #44 serve?

Fairoaks Pws #44 reports serving 1,172 people in California, per its EPA record.

Has Fairoaks Pws #44 had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 1 violation on file for Fairoaks Pws #44, of which 0 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.