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City of Redding

Serves Redding, Shasta County, CA · 89,628 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for City of Redding in the last ten years.

  • CA4510005
  • REDDING
  • CA
  • 89,628 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 96001
EPA system ID CA4510005

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

Key facts

  • City of Redding draws water from 17 wells and 2 surface water intakes (3 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by California, April 2009.
  • Record on file since 1994, with 5 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 31,868 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, and no monitoring or reporting violations either.

Full record since 1994

EPA's records for City of Redding go back to 1994. Before October 19, 2016 they list 5 health-based violations (5 resolved) and no monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 1 0
2000s 4 0

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Arsenic, began January 2009, Resolved.

Show all 5 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.013 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2009 Resolved
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.013 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2008 Resolved
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.013 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2008 Resolved
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.0189 mg/L, federal limit 0.01 mg/L (1.9 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2008 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Aug 1, 1994 Resolved

Enforcement actions

California regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against City of Redding in 2009. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in April 2009.

Date By Action Violations covered
Apr 20, 2009 California Compliance order (no penalty) 4 violations (4 health-based): Arsenic

Where the water comes from

City of Redding draws water from 17 wells and 2 surface water intakes (3 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use). 1 other community water system buys water from City of Redding.

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

City of Redding 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 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.

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Testing your own water

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