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Frazier Park PUD

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
2,592 people
Connections
1,313
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Frazier Park, CA
County
Kern
Owner
Local government
Hardness
Very hard
The ZIP code it serves

93225

The short answer

1 result is above EPA’s legal limit, and 2 more are above the health goal. The worst: Nitrate, above the legal limit. 1 health-based violation since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Nitrate, uranium, arsenic, fluoride, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), chromium (total) and haloacetic acids (HAA5): California’s own results, samples taken from March 24, 2020 to June 30, 2026, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Above the legal limit1

Nitrate

Comes from the source

Above the legal limit

11ppm

Highest sample; found in 157 of 157

2026 average: 6.8 ppm

One sample, in 2021, was above EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppm, at 11 ppm. No follow-up sample at that point within 30 days is on file. In 2026, the latest year on file, its 16 samples averaged 6.8 ppm. EPA recorded a violation for nitrate at this utility in 2021. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest sample of 6.1 ppm, in 2019.

What handles it

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

Above the health goal2

Uranium

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

28.5ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

Averaged by year, the highest was 28.5 ppb, in 2026: below EPA’s legal limit of 30 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. Its highest single sample was 35.9 ppb. That was also the latest year on file. EPA recorded no violation for uranium at this utility since 2020. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 29.8 ppb, in 2016.

What handles it

Arsenic

Comes from the source

Above the health goal

3.0ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026: not found

Averaged by year, the highest was 3.0 ppb, in 2024: below EPA’s legal limit of 10 ppb, but above its health goal of zero. In 2026, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in its one sample. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 0.7 ppb, in 2013.

What handles it

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

Below EPA’s limits4

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

1.8ppm

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026 average: 1.6 ppm

Averaged by year, the highest was 1.8 ppm, in 2021, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. Its highest single sample was 2.1 ppm. In 2026, the latest year on file, its 13 samples averaged 1.6 ppm. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 1.8 ppm, in 2017.

What handles it

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

15ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2025

2025 average: 7.3 ppb

Averaged by year, the highest was 15 ppb, in 2020, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. Its highest single sample was 36 ppb. In 2025, the latest year on file, its three samples averaged 7.3 ppb. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 25 ppb, in 2017.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”

Chromium (total)

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

10ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2026

2026: not found

Averaged by year, the highest was 10 ppb, in 2024, below EPA’s legal limit of 100 ppb. In 2026, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in its one sample.

What handles it

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

5.5ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2025

2025: not found

Averaged by year, the highest was 5.5 ppb, in 2022, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. Its highest single sample was 11 ppb. In 2025, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in any of its two samples. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 1.8 ppb, in 2018.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

One compound tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Lead

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, Uranium, Arsenic (Pentavalent)<=50 ppb Reduction

    For: Nitrate, Uranium, Arsenic

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

At the tap, or for the whole house?

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Hardness

Very hard, typically 451 mg/L (26.4 grains per gallon), across 3 sampling points, 2019 to 2026.

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.

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Violations since 2016

Contaminant or ruleTypePeriodMeasuredStatus
NitrateA sample was above the legal limit, for a contaminant judged one sample at a time.EPA: Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Single SampleApril 1, 2021 to June 30, 202111 MG/LResolved
Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Nitrate, uranium, arsenic, fluoride, total trihalomethanes (TTHM), chromium (total) and haloacetic acids (HAA5) results here are California’s own from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Frazier Park PUD’s own annual report, which it must send you every year, has 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 March 24, 2020 to June 30, 2026.

Testing your own tap

Frazier Park PUD’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 Frazier Park PUD serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Fruit Growers Laboratory, Inc.

    Santa Paula, CA · about 30 miles

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

    (805) 392-2000

  • Capco Analytical Services

    Ventura, CA · about 37 miles

    Certified for bacteria, nitrate, metals, minerals and other inorganics

    (805) 644-1095

  • Ventura County Public Health Laboratory

    Oxnard, CA · about 39 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (805) 981-5131

All 145 certified labs for California

Sources

PWSID CA1510007. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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