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Mt. Hermon Association, Inc.

Serves Mount Hermon, Santa Cruz County, CA · 1,176 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Mt. Hermon Association, Inc. in the last ten years, including an unresolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.

  • CA4410008
  • MOUNT HERMON
  • CA
  • 1,176 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 95041
EPA system ID CA4410008

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
0
Unresolved
1
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
2

Key facts

  • Mt. Hermon Association, Inc. draws water from 3 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by California, December 2021.
  • Record on file since 1993, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 494 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
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
Treatment technique failure
 350 Oct 17, 2024 Active No

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 REVISIONS
RPT
 Oct 17, 2024 Active
Groundwater Rule
OTHER
 Nov 14, 2021 Resolved

Full record since 1993

EPA's records for Mt. Hermon Association, Inc. go back to 1993. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 2 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 1
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 1
2020s 1 2

Enforcement actions

California regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Mt. Hermon Association, Inc. between 2013 and 2021. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in December 2021.

Date By Action Violations covered
Dec 20, 2021 California Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Groundwater Rule
Jun 11, 2013 California Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Nitrate

What the violations mean

LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS

1 incident

The system did not complete a treatment step or action that the LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS requires (a treatment technique violation).

The utility had to notify customers about this violation.

Where the water comes from

Mt. Hermon Association, Inc. draws water from 3 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use). It also has an emergency connection to San Lorenzo Valley Water Dist.

Emergency or part-time connections to

Annual water quality report

Mt. Hermon Association, Inc. 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.

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Testing your own water

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