Public water system record
Poplar Comm Service Dist
Serves Poplar-Cotton Center, Tulare County, CA · 2,200 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Poplar Comm Service Dist 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
- Poplar Comm Service Dist draws water from 2 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by California, December 2019.
- Record on file since 1988, with 5 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 607 service lines.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Jun 1, 2017 | Resolved |
Full record since 1988
EPA's records for Poplar Comm Service Dist go back to 1988. Before October 19, 2016 they list 5 health-based violations (5 resolved) and 6 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 1 |
| 1990s | 3 | 3 |
| 2000s | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 2 | 0 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 2 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Nitrate (acute), began May 2014, Resolved.
Show all 5 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
May 1, 2014 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Apr 1, 2010 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jun 1, 1995 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Apr 1, 1993 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Feb 1, 1993 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
California regulators took 3 formal enforcement actions against Poplar Comm Service Dist between 1993 and 2019. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in December 2019.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 3, 2019 | California | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Jul 23, 2010 | California | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations (2 health-based): Nitrate |
| Jul 14, 1993 | California | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
Where the water comes from
Poplar Comm Service Dist draws water from 2 wells.
Annual water quality report
Poplar Comm Service Dist 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