Public water system record
Bighorn - Desert View Water Agency
Serves an area of San Bernardino County, CA that includes Homestead Valley · 3,916 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Bighorn - Desert View Water Agency 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
- 2
Key facts
- Bighorn - Desert View Water Agency draws water from 6 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by California, March 2020.
- Record on file since 1993, with 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 2,001 service lines.
Check whether Bighorn - Desert View Water Agency serves your address
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
E. coli
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2016 | Resolved |
Full record since 1993
EPA's records for Bighorn - Desert View Water Agency go back to 1993. Before October 19, 2016 they list 2 health-based violations (2 resolved) and 4 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2 | 0 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 4 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 1 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began January 1994, Resolved.
Show all 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 1994 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
May 1, 1993 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
California regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Bighorn - Desert View Water Agency between 2017 and 2020. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in March 2020.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 2020 | California | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Nitrate |
| Jan 3, 2017 | California | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
Where the water comes from
Bighorn - Desert View Water Agency draws water from 6 wells. 1 other community water system buys water from Bighorn - Desert View Water Agency.
Community systems that buy water from it
- Hi Desert WD Yucca Valley, CA
Annual water quality report
Bighorn - Desert View Water Agency 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