What's in KERN VALLEY STATE PRISON's water?
KERN VALLEY STATE PRISON has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 5,000, over 2,248 connections.
KERN VALLEY STATE PRISON's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, KERN VALLEY STATE PRISON ranks 866th by violation burden (93th percentile) - 25 violations total, 21 health-baseds.
How KERN VALLEY STATE PRISON compares within CA
KERN VALLEY STATE PRISON's 21 health-based violations sit above the CA average of 5.8, across 803 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for KERN VALLEY STATE PRISON is from 2017-01-10 (health-based: 2012-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
KERN VALLEY STATE PRISON'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:
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Arsenic
The most severe category on record is other regulated metals, which points toward a reverse osmosis-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
Everything on this page is KERN VALLEY STATE PRISON'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 25 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.