Public water system record
CSP-Pfeiffer Big Sur
Serves an area of Monterey County, CA · 585 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 3 monitoring/reporting issues for CSP-Pfeiffer Big Sur 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
- 3
Key facts
- CSP-Pfeiffer Big Sur draws water from 2 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by California, October 2023.
- Record on file since 1995, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 128 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.
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
May 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2018 | Resolved |
Full record since 1995
EPA's records for CSP-Pfeiffer Big Sur go back to 1995. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 3 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1 | 0 |
| 2000s | 0 | 3 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020s | 0 | 1 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began March 1995, Resolved.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Mar 1, 1995 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
California regulators took 3 formal enforcement actions against CSP-Pfeiffer Big Sur between 2019 and 2023. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in October 2023.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 2023 | California | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
| Jul 2, 2019 | California | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Revised Total Coliform Rule |
| Feb 21, 2019 | California | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
Where the water comes from
CSP-Pfeiffer Big Sur draws water from 2 wells.
Annual water quality report
CSP-Pfeiffer Big Sur 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.
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