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First Mace Meadow # 1

Serves Buckhorn, Amador County, CA · 838 people served

Federal records show 2 health-based violations and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for First Mace Meadow # 1 in the last ten years, including an unresolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.

  • CA0310011
  • PINE GROVE
  • CA
  • 838 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 95666
EPA system ID CA0310011

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
2
Resolved
1
Unresolved
1
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
1

Key facts

  • First Mace Meadow # 1 buys its water from Awa Buckhorn Plant.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), 0.068 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit), 2017.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by California, July 2016.
  • Record on file since 1989, with 7 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.

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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 REVISIONS
Treatment technique failure
 350 Oct 17, 2024 Active No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.068 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Jan 1, 2017 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 REVISIONS
RPT
 Oct 17, 2024 Active

Full record since 1989

EPA's records for First Mace Meadow # 1 go back to 1989. Before October 19, 2016 they list 7 health-based violations (7 resolved) and 6 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 0 5
1990s 0 1
2000s 5 0
2010 to October 18, 2016 2 0
October 19, 2016 to 2019 1 0
2020s 1 1

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), began July 2016, Resolved.

Show all 7 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.065 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2016 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.069 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2016 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.062 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Oct 1, 2006 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.0803 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2006 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.1013 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.7 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2006 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.0952 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.6 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2006 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.0794 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2005 Resolved

Enforcement actions

California regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against First Mace Meadow # 1 in 2016. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in July 2016.

Date By Action Violations covered
Jul 25, 2016 California Compliance order (no penalty) 3 violations (3 health-based): Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

What the violations mean

LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS

1 incident

The system did not complete a treatment step or action that the LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS requires (a treatment technique violation).

The utility had to notify customers about this violation.

Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

1 incident

Haloacetic acid byproducts exceeded the federal limit

Long-term exposure to HAAs may increase cancer risk

Where the water comes from

First Mace Meadow # 1 buys its water from Awa Buckhorn Plant. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

First Mace Meadow # 1 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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