Is WEST KERN WATER DISTRICT's water safe to drink?

WEST KERN WATER DISTRICT's only violations on record are reporting or monitoring lapses, not a contaminant or treatment-technique failure EPA classifies as health-based. It serves 20,500 people through 7,165 service connections.

How this compares nationally

3 total violations and 0 health-based ones put WEST KERN WATER DISTRICT at the 10th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 11,593 of 12,903.

Against the CA average

WEST KERN WATER DISTRICT's 0 health-based violations sit within 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

WEST KERN WATER DISTRICT's most recent violation on record is dated 2011-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.

What WEST KERN WATER DISTRICT's record does not cover

This is what WEST KERN WATER DISTRICT reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Between the utility's meter and WEST KERN WATER DISTRICT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 11,593th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.