Public water system record

Yosemite Forks Est Mutual

Serves Oakhurst, Madera County, CA · 110 people served

Federal records show 32 health-based violations and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for Yosemite Forks Est Mutual in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a Arsenic violation that EPA lists as archived, not resolved.

  • CA2000527
  • OAKHURST
  • CA
  • 110 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 93644
EPA system ID CA2000527

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
32
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Archived by EPA
32
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
1

Key facts

  • Yosemite Forks Est Mutual draws water from 3 wells and 1 spring.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Arsenic, 0.17 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (17 times the limit), 2017.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by California, June 2015.
  • Record on file since 1980, with 21 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 100 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
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.0189 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.9 times the limit)
330 Oct 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
No
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.0189 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.9 times the limit)
330 Jul 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
No
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.019 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.9 times the limit)
330 Apr 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
No
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.018 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.8 times the limit)
330 Jan 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
No
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.018 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.8 times the limit)
330 Oct 1, 2024 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
No
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.018 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.8 times the limit)
330 Jul 1, 2024 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
No
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 17.5 µg/L, federal limit 10 µg/L (1.8 times the limit)
330 Apr 1, 2024 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
No
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.017875 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.8 times the limit)
330 Jan 1, 2024 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
No
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.01775 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.8 times the limit)
330 Oct 1, 2023 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
No
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.016875 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.7 times the limit)
330 Jul 1, 2023 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
No
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 17.125 µg/L, federal limit 10 µg/L (1.7 times the limit)
330 Apr 1, 2023 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
No
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 17.5 µg/L, federal limit 10 µg/L (1.8 times the limit)
330 Jan 1, 2023 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
No
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.019 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.9 times the limit)
330 Oct 1, 2022 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
No
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.019 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.9 times the limit)
330 Jul 1, 2022 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
No
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.019 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.9 times the limit)
330 Apr 1, 2022 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
No
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.019 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.9 times the limit)
330 Jan 1, 2022 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
No
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.019 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.9 times the limit)
330 Oct 1, 2021 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
No
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.01875 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.9 times the limit)
330 Jul 1, 2021 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
No
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.0185 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.9 times the limit)
330 Apr 1, 2021 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
No
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.0185 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.9 times the limit)
330 Jan 1, 2021 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
No
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.0185 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.9 times the limit)
330 Oct 1, 2020 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
No
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.0185 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.9 times the limit)
330 Jul 1, 2020 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
No
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.019 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.9 times the limit)
330 Apr 1, 2020 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
No
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.01875 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.9 times the limit)
330 Jan 1, 2020 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
No
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.01925 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.9 times the limit)
330 Oct 1, 2019 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
No
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.019 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.9 times the limit)
330 Jul 1, 2019 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
No
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.019 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.9 times the limit)
330 Apr 1, 2019 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
No
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
330 Jan 1, 2019 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
No
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.0185 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.9 times the limit)
330 Jan 1, 2018 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
No
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.17 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (17 times the limit)
330 Oct 1, 2017 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
No
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.018 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.8 times the limit)
330 Jan 1, 2017 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
No
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.0175 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.8 times the limit)
330 Oct 1, 2016 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
Arsenic
Monitoring and reporting
Apr 1, 2017 Resolved

Full record since 1980

EPA's records for Yosemite Forks Est Mutual go back to 1980. Before October 19, 2016 they list 21 health-based violations (21 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 6 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 0 4
1990s 0 1
2000s 3 1
2010 to October 18, 2016 18 0
October 19, 2016 to 2019 7 1
2020s 24 0

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Arsenic, began October 2016, Archived.

Show all 21 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.0175 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.8 times the limit)
Oct 1, 2016 Archived
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.018 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.8 times the limit)
Jul 1, 2016 Archived
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.017 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.7 times the limit)
Oct 1, 2015 Archived
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.016 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.6 times the limit)
Jul 1, 2015 Archived
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.017 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.7 times the limit)
Apr 1, 2015 Archived
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.017 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.7 times the limit)
Jan 1, 2015 Archived
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.017 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.7 times the limit)
Oct 1, 2014 Archived
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.017 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.7 times the limit)
Jul 1, 2014 Archived
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.0172 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.7 times the limit)
Apr 1, 2014 Archived
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.0177 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.8 times the limit)
Jan 1, 2014 Archived
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.0205 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (2.1 times the limit)
Oct 1, 2013 Archived
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.0202 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (2 times the limit)
Jul 1, 2013 Archived
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Mar 31, 2013 Archived
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Jan 1, 2013 Archived
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Jul 1, 2012 Archived
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Apr 1, 2012 Archived
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Jan 1, 2012 Archived
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Oct 1, 2011 Archived
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Oct 1, 2009 Archived
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Jul 1, 2009 Archived
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Oct 1, 2007 Archived

Enforcement actions

California regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Yosemite Forks Est Mutual between 2014 and 2015. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in June 2015.

Date By Action Violations covered
Jun 15, 2015 California Compliance order (no penalty) 41 violations (41 health-based): Arsenic
Aug 12, 2014 California Compliance order (no penalty) 16 violations (16 health-based): Arsenic

What the violations mean

Arsenic

32 incidents

Arsenic exceeded the federal limit

Long-term arsenic exposure is linked to cancer and cardiovascular effects

Where the water comes from

Yosemite Forks Est Mutual draws water from 3 wells and 1 spring.

Annual water quality report

Yosemite Forks Est Mutual 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 500 or fewer people may meet the rule by telling customers the report is available on request, so you may need to ask Yosemite Forks Est Mutual for a copy.

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.