Is California Mens Colony Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Surface water
Ownership: State government
Counties served: San Luis Obispo

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
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2012-08-03
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2012-08-03
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-11-01 → 2022-11-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2022-11-01 → 2022-11-30
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2004-01-01 → 2004-03-31
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2004-01-01 → 2004-03-31

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
Bromodichloromethane	17.29 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 44 µg/L	115/115	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	32.89 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 96 µg/L	115/115	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	21.85 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 26.1 µg/L	115/115	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	24 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 48 µg/L	112/116	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	77.35 µg/L 97% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 150 µg/L	111/111	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	47.6 µg/L 79% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 100 µg/L	111/116	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	16.7 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 17.7 µg/L	101/115	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	19.4 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 42 µg/L	101/116	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	9.986 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 12 µg/L	100/116	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0 mg/L 0% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	46/46	LCR	2025
Monobromoacetic Acid	2.606 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5 µg/L	19/116	SYR4	2012–2019
Barium	84.61 µg/L 4.2% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 85 µg/L	14/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	500000 µg/L 5000% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 10000 µg/L	14/40	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	40 µg/L 3.1% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L	9/17	SYR4	2012–2019
Fluoride	518 µg/L 13% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 570 µg/L	9/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	7.53 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 7.6 µg/L	8/116	SYR4	2012–2019
Arsenic	3 µg/L 30% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L	7/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Chromium	10.1 µg/L 10% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L worst single sample: 11 µg/L	7/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Selenium	3.075 µg/L 6.2% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L worst single sample: 3.3 µg/L	6/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	500000 µg/L 5000% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 10000 µg/L	4/11	SYR4	2013–2019
Lead	2.28 µg/L 15% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 2.3 µg/L	3/13	SYR4	2012–2019

61 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane11Cl-PF3OUdS4:2 Fts6:2 Fts8:2 Fts9Cl-PF3ONSAdonaAntimony, TotalAsbestosAtrazineBenzeneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbon TetrachlorideDichloromethaneEthylbenzeneHfpo-DaMercuryNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitritePfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: BUFFALOE, SCOTT
Phone: 805-547-7926
Email: scott.buffaloe@cdcr.ca.gov

Frequently asked questions about California Mens Colony

Is California Mens Colony tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 21 contaminants in California Mens Colony'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 California Mens Colony's water?

EPA monitoring detected Bromodichloromethane, Chloroform, Dibromochloromethane, Dichloroacetic Acid, TTHM, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does California Mens Colony serve?

California Mens Colony reports serving 15,000 people in California, per its EPA record.

Has California Mens Colony had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 6 violations on file for California Mens Colony, of which 2 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.