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Canyon Meadows Mutual Water

What EPA’s and California’s records show in this utility’s water: nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals; lead and copper; and violations since 2016, with the certification that handles each result.

Serves
465 people
Connections
141
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Bodfish, CA
County
Kern
Owner
Private
Hardness
Varies by source
The ZIP code it serves

93205

The short answer

3 results are above the health goal. The worst: Nitrate, above the health goal. 2 health-based violations since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Nitrate, arsenic, fluoride, chromium (total) and total trihalomethanes (TTHM): California’s own results, samples taken from Jan. 9, 2020 to June 29, 2026, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Uranium: EPA’s compliance monitoring file, samples taken from March 9, 2013 to March 9, 2013. Newer results are in the utility’s annual water quality report.

Above the health goal3

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

15ppm

Highest sample; found in 284 of 285

2026 average: 5.0 ppm

From 2020 to 2026, at least 25 samples were above EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm, the highest 15 ppm in 2024. The next sample at the same point, within 30 days, kept the average above the limit for eight; 17 have no follow-up sample on file within 30 days. 10 ppm is also EPA’s health goal. In 2026, the latest year on file, its 26 samples averaged 5.0 ppm. EPA recorded no violation for nitrate at this utility since 2020. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 13 ppm, in 2019.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge)”

Arsenic

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

10.4ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026 average: 6.6 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 10.4 ppb, in 2021, which EPA rounds to 10 ppb to compare: at its legal limit of 10 ppb, not above it. Its highest single sample was 31.4 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, its seven samples averaged 6.6 ppb. EPA recorded no violation for arsenic at this utility since 2020. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 8.6 ppb, in 2019.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction”

Uranium

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

1.7ppb

Highest yearly average, 2013

Averaged by year, the highest was 1.7 ppb, in 2013: below EPA’s legal limit of 30 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. Its highest single sample was 2.1 ppb. That is the only year on file.

What handles it

Below EPA’s limits1

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.63ppm

Highest yearly average, 2022 to 2025

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.63 ppm, in 2025, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. Its highest single sample was 0.76 ppm. That was also the latest year on file. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 0.55 ppm, in 2013.

What handles it

3 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Chromium (total)
  • Lead
  • Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

What handles it

A certification covers specific claims, not a whole standard. Look for these claims on the certifier’s listing, not the box. Wording varies a little: NSF writes “Lead Reduction,” WQA just “Lead.”

  • NSF/ANSI 53

    Claims: Nitrate/Nitrite (30 ppm challenge), Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction

    For: Nitrate, Arsenic

    Other certifiers’ wording: Arsenic (III) (50 ppb influent level)

  • NSF/ANSI 58

    Claims: Nitrate/Nitrite Reduction, Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction, Uranium

    For: Nitrate, Arsenic, Uranium

    Other certifiers’ wording: Nitrate; Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=300 ppb Reduction; Arsenic (V) (300 ppb influent level)

At the tap, or for the whole house?

These come with the water itself, so a whole-house system certified for the same claims treats every tap and shower. A filter at the tap treats drinking water for much less. How whole-house systems compare.

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Hardness

Hard to very hard depending on the source, 155 to 250 mg/L (9.1 to 14.6 grains per gallon), across 3 sampling points, 2019 to 2025.

Hardness is calcium and magnesium. EPA sets no limit for it: it shows up as scale on fixtures and in water heaters, and as soap that won’t lather. USGS calls water above 60 mg/L moderately hard, above 120 hard and above 180 very hard.

Softeners compared, salt includedSoftener or salt-free conditioner?California water hardness, utility by utility

Violations since 2016

Contaminant or ruleTypePeriodMeasuredStatus
Lead and Copper Rule RevisionsThe required inventory of lead service lines was not completed or submitted on time.EPA: LSL InventoryOct. 17, 2024—Unaddressed
Revised Total Coliform RuleE. coli was confirmed in the water system.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, E. coli (RTCR)Feb. 1, 2024 to Feb. 29, 2024—Resolved
Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record. 5 monitoring or reporting violations not shown.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Nitrate, arsenic, fluoride, chromium (total) and total trihalomethanes (TTHM) results here are California’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Uranium comes from EPA’s file alone, which ends in 2019. Canyon Meadows Mutual Water’s own annual report, which it must send you every year, has newer results for those and the contaminants this page does not show.

  • Your own plumbing. Lead results are the 90th percentile across homes the utility samples. Your home’s service line, solder and fixtures decide yours. A certified lab test is the only way to know.

  • What it means for your health. This page reports what the records show and EPA’s limits and goals; it is not medical advice. If you are worried about a health effect, talk to a doctor or your local health department.

  • Anything after the latest data. SDWIS data is from 2026 Q3; UCMR 5 didn’t sample this utility; California’s results run from Jan. 9, 2020 to June 29, 2026; EPA’s compliance samples are from March 9, 2013 to March 9, 2013.

Testing your own tap

Canyon Meadows Mutual Water’s results are for the water it sends out. What your own service line, solder and fixtures add shows up only in a test of your tap, by a lab California certifies.

The 3 labs California certifies closest to the area Canyon Meadows Mutual Water serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Pace Analytical Services, LLC dba BC Laboratories, Inc.

    Bakersfield, CA · about 36 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts, radioactivity

    (661) 327-4911

  • Zalco Laboratories, Inc.

    Bakersfield, CA · about 36 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts

    (661) 395-0539

  • BSK Associates - Bakersfield Analytical Laboratory

    Bakersfield, CA · about 41 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (661) 327-0671

All 145 certified labs for California

Sources

PWSID CA1500443. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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