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Pine Grove Comm Serv Dist

Serves Pine Grove, Amador County, CA · 1,141 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for Pine Grove Comm Serv Dist in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Lead and Copper Rule violation.

  • CA0310005
  • PINE GROVE
  • CA
  • 1,141 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 95665
EPA system ID CA0310005

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
1

Key facts

  • Pine Grove Comm Serv Dist buys its water from Awa Buckhorn Plant.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by California, October 2014.
  • Record on file since 1993, with 7 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 401 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 350 Sep 7, 2006 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2025 Active

Full record since 1993

EPA's records for Pine Grove Comm Serv Dist go back to 1993. Before October 19, 2016 they list 7 health-based violations (7 resolved) and 4 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 1 1
2000s 4 2
2010 to October 18, 2016 2 1
2020s 0 1

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), began July 2014, Resolved.

Show all 7 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.0815 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Jul 1, 2014 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.081 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Jul 1, 2011 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Sep 7, 2006 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.082 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.4 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2006 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.0766 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2006 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.063 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2005 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Nov 1, 1993 Resolved

Enforcement actions

California regulators took 5 formal enforcement actions against Pine Grove Comm Serv Dist between 2004 and 2014, filed as 6 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in October 2014.

Date By Action Violations covered
Oct 23, 2014 California Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Oct 24, 2011 California Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Mar 18, 2010 California Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Total Coliform
Oct 23, 2006 California Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Lead and Copper Rule
Oct 29, 2004 California Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

What the violations mean

Lead and Copper Rule

1 incident

The system did not complete a treatment step or action that the Lead and Copper Rule requires (a treatment technique violation).

The utility had to notify customers about this violation.

Where the water comes from

Pine Grove Comm Serv Dist buys its water from Awa Buckhorn Plant. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

Pine Grove Comm Serv Dist must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.

Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.

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