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Bear Valley Water Company

Serves an area of San Luis Obispo County, CA · 45 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 5 monitoring/reporting issues for Bear Valley Water Company in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.

  • CA4000660
  • SAN LUIS OBISPO
  • CA
  • 45 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 93403
EPA system ID CA4000660

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
5

Key facts

  • Bear Valley Water Company draws water from 5 wells.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by California, November 2025.
  • Record on file since 1980, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 18 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.

None since October 2016.

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
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2025 Active
Enforcement action in place
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2023 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2021 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2017 Resolved
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2017 Resolved

Full record since 1980

EPA's records for Bear Valley Water Company go back to 1980. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 4 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 0 3
1990s 0 1
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 2
2020s 0 3

Enforcement actions

California regulators took 5 formal enforcement actions against Bear Valley Water Company between 2018 and 2025. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in November 2025.

Date By Action Violations covered
Nov 13, 2025 California Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule
Jan 29, 2024 California Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Nitrate
Dec 15, 2021 California Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule
Nov 6, 2018 California Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Nitrate
Mar 8, 2018 California Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule

Where the water comes from

Bear Valley Water Company draws water from 5 wells.

Annual water quality report

Bear Valley Water Company 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 Bear Valley Water Company for a copy.

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Testing your own water

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