Is CWS - KERNVILLE's water safe to drink?
CWS - KERNVILLE has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 2,572 people through 1,882 service connections.
CWS - KERNVILLE's record against the rest of the country
CWS - KERNVILLE has 14 violations on record in total, 12 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,663th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 87th percentile nationally.
How CWS - KERNVILLE compares within CA
CA's 803 covered systems average 5.8 health-based violations each; CWS - KERNVILLE carries 12, more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for CWS - KERNVILLE is from 2019-01-10 (health-based: 2019-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CWS - KERNVILLE'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:
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
The most severe category on record is disinfection byproducts, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
Everything on this page is CWS - KERNVILLE's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 14 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.