Public water system record
Crescenta Valley CWD
Serves La Crescenta-Montrose and Glendale, Los Angeles County, CA · 35,841 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for Crescenta Valley CWD in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 0
Key facts
- Crescenta Valley CWD draws water from 12 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by California, January 1997.
- Record on file since 1993, with 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 8,199 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.
None since October 2016, and no monitoring or reporting violations either.
Full record since 1993
EPA's records for Crescenta Valley CWD go back to 1993. Before October 19, 2016 they list 3 health-based violations (3 resolved) and no monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3 | 0 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Nitrate (acute), began November 1996, Resolved.
Show all 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Nov 1, 1996 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Feb 1, 1994 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jun 1, 1993 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
California regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Crescenta Valley CWD in 1997. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in January 1997.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 1997 | California | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Nitrate |
Where the water comes from
Crescenta Valley CWD draws water from 12 wells. It also buys water from Foothill Municipal Water Dist. and La Canada Irrigation Dist. It also has an emergency connection to Glendale-City, Water Dept. 2 other public water systems have emergency connections to Crescenta Valley CWD.
Buys water from
- Foothill Municipal Water Dist. La Canada Flintridge, CA
- La Canada Irrigation Dist. La Canada, CA
Emergency or part-time connections to
- Glendale-City, Water Dept. Glendale, CA
Annual water quality report
Crescenta Valley CWD 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.
Systems serving 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.
Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search
Testing your own water
To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by California.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells