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Cathedral Wood Mutual Water Company

Serves an area of Santa Cruz County, CA · 60 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for Cathedral Wood Mutual Water Company in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Surface Water Treatment Rule violation.

  • CA4400642
  • SCOTTS VALLEY
  • CA
  • 60 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 95067
EPA system ID CA4400642

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

Key facts

  • Cathedral Wood Mutual Water Company draws water from 1 well and 2 springs.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by California, November 2021.
  • Record on file since 1981, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 20 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
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 120 Oct 1, 2021 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Jul 1, 2018 Resolved

Full record since 1981

EPA's records for Cathedral Wood Mutual Water Company go back to 1981. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 13 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 0 11
1990s 0 1
2000s 0 1
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 1
2020s 1 0

Enforcement actions

California regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Cathedral Wood Mutual Water Company between 2018 and 2021. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in November 2021.

Date By Action Violations covered
Nov 24, 2021 California Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule
Aug 14, 2018 California Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Revised Total Coliform Rule

What the violations mean

Surface Water Treatment Rule

1 incident

The system did not complete a treatment step or action that the Surface Water Treatment Rule requires (a treatment technique violation).

The utility had to notify customers about this violation.

Where the water comes from

Cathedral Wood Mutual Water Company draws water from 1 well and 2 springs.

Annual water quality report

Cathedral Wood Mutual 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 Cathedral Wood Mutual Water Company for a copy.

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Testing your own water

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