DrinkingWaterCheck

What's in CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE - BEAR GULCH's water?

CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE - BEAR GULCH has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 61,431 people through 18,749 service connections.

How this compares nationally

5 total violations and 3 health-based ones put CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE - BEAR GULCH at the 57th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,521 of 12,903.

Against the CA average

CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE - BEAR GULCH's 3 health-based violations sit within the CA average of 5.8, across 803 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.

Most recent violation on record

CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE - BEAR GULCH's most recent violation on record is dated 2015-01-03, with the most recent health-based one dated 2015-01-03. Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.

The concern categories on record

CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE - BEAR GULCH's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:

The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.

What CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE - BEAR GULCH's record does not cover

CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE - BEAR GULCH's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. This record - 3 health-based violations on file for CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE - BEAR GULCH - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.