County drinking water records

Kern County, CA drinking water systems

167 community water systems serve Kern County, CA, reporting 932,356 people served in all. A system that also serves other counties counts all of its customers here.

63 of them (38%) had at least one health-based violation in the last 10 years. 27 systems still have one unresolved.

150 rely mainly on groundwater and 17 on surface water, counting water bought from other systems.

148 systems filed a lead service line inventory listing 0 lead lines, 122 galvanized lines that must be replaced and 80,585 lines of unknown material.

2 more systems are placed in Kern County, CA by the county their records name because they have no service area map that lines up with their own records, so they are listed apart and not counted here.

Community water systems: 167
People served, sum of each system's own figure: 932,356
Systems with a health-based violation, last 10 years: 63
Systems with one unresolved: 27
Lead service lines in inventories: 0

Water systems serving Kern County

167 systems

People served is each system's own figure for its whole service area. Violation counts cover the last 10 years of EPA records.

System	Serves	People served	Main source	Health-based violations, 10 years	Unresolved	Lead lines
CWS - Bakersfield	Bakersfield, Potomac Park and 9 more	267,881	Surface water	0	0	0
City of Bakersfield	Bakersfield and Olde Stockdale	160,144	Purchased surface water	0	0	0
City of Delano	Delano	51,428	Groundwater	0	0	0
Oildale MWC	Oildale and Shafter	44,899	Purchased surface water	5	0	0
Indian Wells Valley W.D.	Ridgecrest, China Lake Acres and 1 more	41,580	Groundwater	0	0	0
Vaughn WC Inc	Rosedale, Bakersfield and 1 more	37,189	Groundwater	0	0	0
East Niles CSD	East Niles, Bakersfield and 2 more	32,517	Purchased surface water	3	2	0
CWS - North Garden	Bakersfield	22,762	Surface water	0	0	0
City of Wasco	Wasco	22,757	Groundwater	0	0	0
City of Shafter	Shafter and Smith Corner	21,915	Groundwater	0	0	0
West Kern Water District	Taft, Valley Acres and 9 more and land outside them	20,500	Groundwater	0	0	0
Arvin Community Services Dist	Arvin	19,669	Groundwater	13	2	No inventory
Lamont Public Utility Dist	Lamont and Weedpatch	19,057	Groundwater	5	0	0
Rosamond CSD	Rosamond	17,711	Purchased surface water	0	0	0
City of California City	California City	14,198	Purchased surface water	0	0	0
City of McFarland	McFarland	14,161	Groundwater	6	0	0
Greenfield County WD	Bakersfield and Greenfield	11,590	Groundwater	12	0	0
Edwards AFB - Main Base	Edwards AFB	11,316	Purchased surface water	1	0	0
Golden Hills CSD	Golden Hills	9,857	Groundwater	0	0	0
City of Tehachapi	Tehachapi	9,094	Groundwater	1	2	0
China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station	Outside cities and towns	6,600	Groundwater	0	0	0
Bear Valley CSD	Bear Valley Springs	5,592	Groundwater	1	0	No inventory
Wasco St. Prison Reception Ctr	Wasco	5,124	Groundwater	0	0	0
Kern Valley State Prison	Delano	5,000	Groundwater	0	0	0
Stallion Springs CSD	Stallion Springs	4,910	Groundwater	0	0	0
Mojave PUD	Mojave and California City and land outside them	4,699	Purchased surface water	0	0	0
Cci - Tehachapi	Tehachapi	2,993	Groundwater	1	0	0
Lerdo Sheriff S Facility	Outside cities and towns	2,800	Groundwater	0	0	0
Frazier Park PUD	Frazier Park	2,592	Groundwater	1	0	0
CWS - Kernville	Kernville	2,572	Surface water	10	0	0
Erskine Creek WC	Lake Isabella and Bodfish	2,500	Groundwater	0	0	0
Lost Hills Utility District	Lost Hills and land outside it	2,370	Groundwater	0	0	0
Mil Potrero MWC	Pine Mountain Club	2,200	Groundwater	0	0	0
Boron CSD	Boron	2,086	Purchased surface water	8	0	0
Buttonwillow CWD	Buttonwillow	1,508	Groundwater	0	0	0
Lebec County Water District	Lebec	1,379	Groundwater	26	0	0
CWS Southlake System	Weldon and land outside it	1,112	Groundwater	0	0	0
North Edwards WD	North Edwards	1,105	Purchased surface water	28	2	0
Desert Lake Comm Serv Dist	Boron	968	Purchased surface water	0	0	0
Pinon Pines MWC	Outside cities and towns	908	Groundwater	1	0	No inventory
Inyokern CSD	Inyokern	878	Groundwater	1	2	No inventory
Rivernook Campground	Kernville	877	Groundwater	0	0	0
Victory Mutual Water Company	Fairfax	849	Groundwater	0	0	0
Lake of the Woods MWC	Lake of the Woods	779	Groundwater	10	0	0
Mountain Mesa WC	Mountain Mesa	777	Groundwater	0	0	0
Riverdale Village	Oildale	750	Groundwater	1	2	No inventory
CWS - Lower Bodfish Water System	Bodfish	736	Groundwater	0	0	0
A.F.P. Mutual Water Company	Outside cities and towns	710	Groundwater	0	0	0
Tradewind Water Assoc.	Weldon	632	Groundwater	12	2	No inventory
Fuller Acres Mutual Water Company	Fuller Acres	545	Groundwater	0	0	0
Krista Mutual Water Company	Lebec	504	Groundwater	0	0	0
Lake Isabella Community Services Dist	Lake Isabella and Bodfish	500	Purchased groundwater	0	0	0
Canyon Meadows Mutual Water	Bodfish	465	Groundwater	2	2	No inventory
Brock Mutual Water Company	Rosedale	462	Groundwater	27	0	0
Son Shine Properties	Outside cities and towns	438	Groundwater	34	2	0
Stockdale Annex Mutual Water	Olde Stockdale	433	Groundwater	0	0	0
Stockdale Ranchos Mutual Water Co	Rosedale	393	Groundwater	0	0	0
Valley Estates POA, Inc.	Weldon	386	Groundwater	1	0	0
Western Acres Mutual Water Company	Stebbins	380	Groundwater	0	0	0
Enos Lane Public Utility District	Outside cities and towns	365	Groundwater	2	0	0
CWS - Upper Bodfish Water System	Bodfish	307	Groundwater	0	0	0
Rand Communities Water District	Johannesburg and Randsburg and land outside them	303	Groundwater	28	2	No inventory
Del Oro WC - Country Estates Dist	Outside cities and towns	297	Groundwater	0	1	0
CWS - Lakeland	Lake Isabella	294	Groundwater	0	0	0
CWS-Onyx Water System	Onyx	284	Groundwater	0	0	0
Willow Springs Mobile Home Park	Outside cities and towns	275	Groundwater	0	0	0
Riverkern Mutual Water Company	Kernville	272	Groundwater	0	0	0
North Muroc Mutual Water Company	North Edwards	270	Purchased surface water	0	0	0
Chanac Creek Mutual Water Company	Outside cities and towns	240	Groundwater	0	0	0
Rainbird Valley MWC	Weldon	238	Groundwater	71	0	0
CWS-Split Mountain Water System	Wofford Heights	226	Groundwater under direct influence	0	0	0
QVWD-West & East Combined Water System	Outside cities and towns	221	Groundwater	10	0	0
Union Pacific Railroad Co.-Keene Water	Keene	208	Purchased groundwater	0	0	0
Stockdale Mutual Water Co.	Olde Stockdale	200	Groundwater	0	0	0
El Adobe POA, Inc.	El Adobe	200	Groundwater	17	2	No inventory
Manon Manor Mutual Water Company	Rosedale	200	Groundwater	1	2	No inventory
Mustang Mutual Water System	Rosedale	200	Groundwater	0	0	0
China Lake Acres Mutual Water Company	China Lake Acres	198	Groundwater	0	0	0
Allen Road Mutual Water System	Rosedale	195	Groundwater	0	0	0
Lands of Promise MWC	Rosamond	174	Groundwater	37	2	0
CWS - Fremont Valley	Outside cities and towns	167	Groundwater	0	0	0
San Joaquin Estates Mutual Water Company	Outside cities and towns	165	Groundwater	34	0	0
Athal Mutual Water System	Fuller Acres	150	Groundwater	0	0	0
West Tehachapi Mutual	Outside cities and towns	150	Groundwater	0	0	0
Sierra Breeze Mutual Water Company	China Lake Acres	150	Groundwater	0	0	0
Bella Vista Mutual Water Company	Weldon	150	Groundwater	0	0	0
Hart Creek Estates Mutual Water Co.	Keene	148	Groundwater	0	0	0
Sierra Bella Mutual Water Company	Alta Sierra	144	Groundwater	1	2	No inventory
Alta Sierra Mutual Water Co.	Alta Sierra	143	Groundwater	0	0	0
Maher Mutual Water Company	Rosedale	140	Groundwater	12	0	0
Harvest Moon Mutual Water Co	Rosedale	138	Groundwater	0	0	0
Kern Valley Mutual Water Company	Bodfish	132	Groundwater	2	3	No inventory
Tejon Ranch Main Headquarters	Outside cities and towns	132	Groundwater	0	0	0
Old River Mutual Water Company	Outside cities and towns	130	Groundwater	14	0	0
Oak Knolls Mutual Water Company	Wofford Heights	123	Groundwater	6	2	No inventory
CWS-Grand Oaks Water System	Golden Hills	122	Groundwater	0	0	0
Long Canyon Water Company Corp.	Weldon	122	Groundwater	0	0	0
Lakeview Ranchos Mutual Water Company	Weldon	120	Groundwater	29	0	0
Dune 3 Mutual Water Company, LLC	China Lake Acres	119	Groundwater	0	0	0
Pinon Valley Water Company	Outside cities and towns	112	Groundwater	0	0	0
Camp Owen Water System	Kernville	110	Groundwater	0	0	0
St. Clair Ranchos Mutual Water Co.	Rosedale	105	Groundwater	0	0	0
Oasis Property Owners Association	Outside cities and towns	100	Groundwater	12	2	No inventory
Glennville Mutual Water Company	Glennville	100	Groundwater	0	0	0
Valley View Estates Mutual Water Co	Keene	97	Groundwater	0	0	0
Wonder Acres Water System	California City	92	Purchased groundwater	0	0	0
Mettler County Water District	Mettler	90	Groundwater	19	2	0
Gooselake Water Company	Rosedale	90	Groundwater	3	0	0
Clark Street Community Well	Lake Isabella	90	Groundwater	2	4	No inventory
Brite Lake Mutual Water Company	Outside cities and towns	89	Groundwater	0	0	0
Aerial Acres Water Company, Inc.	North Edwards	87	Groundwater	0	0	0
East Inyokern Mutual Water	Inyokern	87	Groundwater	0	0	0
Lake of the Woods Mobile Village	Lake of the Woods	82	Groundwater	7	0	0
Uplands of the Kern Mutual Water Company	Outside cities and towns	80	Groundwater	0	0	0
Owens Peak West	Inyokern	79	Groundwater	0	0	0
Kernvale Mutual Water Co	Lake Isabella	75	Purchased groundwater	0	0	0
Hungry Gulch MWC	Lake Isabella	74	Groundwater	37	0	0
Kern Mobile Estates LLC	Rosamond	73	Groundwater	37	0	0
Town & Country Water Company	Outside cities and towns	73	Groundwater	0	0	0
West Valley Mutual Water Company	Outside cities and towns	70	Groundwater	0	1	0
Pinebrook Community Water Well	Wofford Heights	68	Groundwater	0	0	0
Sierra Meadows	Kernville	68	Groundwater	0	0	0
R.S. Mutual Water Company	Wofford Heights	67	Groundwater	71	0	0
Wilson Road Water Community	Outside cities and towns	66	Groundwater	28	2	No inventory
Wegis Mutual Water Company	Rosedale	64	Groundwater	1	2	No inventory
Ranchos Del Rio	Bakersfield	62	Groundwater	1	0	0
Antelope Valley Mobile Estates	Rosamond	60	Groundwater	0	0	0
Fourth Street Water System	Lake Isabella	56	Groundwater	2	0	0
William Fisher Memorial Water Company	Outside cities and towns	56	Groundwater	37	0	0
Hart Flat Bear Mutual Water	Keene	56	Groundwater	0	0	0
Llanas Camp Four Water System	Shafter	54	Groundwater	0	0	0
The Anne Sippi Clinic-Riverside Ranch	Bakersfield	51	Groundwater	0	0	0
Agape Mutual Water System	Rosedale	50	Groundwater	0	0	0
Round Mountain Water Company	Rivergrove	50	Groundwater	27	0	0
Gosford Road Water Company	Lakeside	50	Groundwater	0	0	0
Pond Mutual Water Company	Outside cities and towns	48	Groundwater	4	0	0
Sweet Water Co-Op	Outside cities and towns	47	Groundwater	0	0	0
Panama Road Property Owners Assoc	Outside cities and towns	45	Groundwater	0	0	0
Owens Peak South	Inyokern	45	Groundwater	0	0	0
Burlando Heights Mutual Water Co.	Kernville	44	Groundwater	0	0	0
Choctaw Valley Mutual Water Co.	Choctaw Valley	44	Groundwater	0	0	0
Cypress Canyon Water System	Bodfish	44	Groundwater	2	2	0
Kranenburg Water System	Rosedale	42	Groundwater	0	0	0
Riverview Homeowners Association	Rivergrove	40	Groundwater	0	0	0
Heath Brimhall P.O.A.	Rosedale	39	Groundwater	0	0	0
60th Street Assoc. Water System	Rosamond	39	Groundwater	10	0	0
Agbayani Village Water System	Outside cities and towns	38	Groundwater	0	0	0
Hillview Acres Mutual Water Company	Weldon	36	Groundwater	0	0	0
148 East Water System	Inyokern	36	Groundwater	1	0	0
Life Water Co-Op	Inyokern	35	Groundwater	0	0	0
First Mutual Water System	Rosamond	35	Groundwater	37	0	0
East Wilson Road Water Company	Outside cities and towns	35	Groundwater	25	2	No inventory
Rancho Seco Inc. Water System	Outside cities and towns	33	Groundwater	1	2	No inventory
South Kern Mutual Water Company	Old River	32	Groundwater	15	0	0
Frontier Trails Homeowners Assoc Inc.	Kernville	32	Groundwater	0	0	0
Tut Brothers Farm #96	Outside cities and towns	32	Groundwater	0	0	0
Nord Road Water Association	Rosedale	32	Groundwater	12	0	0
Meadows of the Kern Mutual Water Company	Goodmanville	32	Groundwater	0	0	0
Wini Mutual Water Company	Outside cities and towns	29	Groundwater	9	0	0
South Desert Mutual Water Company	Inyokern	28	Groundwater	0	0	0
North Kranenburg WS	Rosedale	28	Groundwater	0	0	0
Schweikart Water System	Rosedale	27	Groundwater	0	0	0
Mirasol Company Water System	Outside cities and towns	26	Groundwater	0	0	0
Spring Mountain Mutual Water Company	Woody	26	Groundwater	15	3	0
Hometown Water Association	China Lake Acres	25	Groundwater	0	0	0
Kern County Water Agency	Outside cities and towns	Not reported	Surface water	0	0	0
Antelope Valley East Kern Water Agency	California City, Lancaster and 16 more and land outside them	Not reported	Surface water	0	0	0

Systems placed by county record in Kern County

2 systems

EPA has no service area map for these systems. They are placed by the county their records name (the counties EPA lists them serving, or the county coded in their IDs where EPA lists none), and without a map they are not counted in the figures above.

System	Serves	People served	Main source	Health-based violations, 10 years	Unresolved	Lead lines
Tejon Castac WD - I5 & Laval Rd	County on record	38,125	Surface water	0	0	0
Antelope Valley E Kern Wtr Agy-Rosamond	County on record	Not reported	Surface water	0	0	No inventory

Cities and towns in Kern County

80 places

Alta Sierra2 systems
Arvin1 system
Bakersfield9 systems
Bakersfield Country Club1 system
Bear Valley Springs1 system
Benton Park1 system
Bodfish7 systems
Boron3 systems
Buttonwillow1 system
California City4 systems
Casa Loma2 systems
China Lake Acres5 systems
Choctaw Valley1 system
Cottonwood1 system
Delano2 systems
Derby Acres1 system
Dustin Acres1 system
East Bakersfield1 system
East Niles1 system
Edwards AFB2 systems
El Adobe1 system
Fairfax2 systems
Fellows1 system
Ford City1 system
Frazier Park1 system
Fuller Acres2 systems
Glennville1 system
Golden Hills2 systems
Goodmanville1 system
Greenacres1 system
Greenfield1 system
Hillcrest1 system
Inyokern7 systems
Johannesburg1 system
Keene4 systems
Kernville7 systems
La Cresta1 system
Lake Isabella7 systems
Lake of the Woods2 systems
Lakeside1 system
Lamont1 system
Lebec2 systems
Lost Hills1 system
Maricopa1 system
McFarland1 system
McKittrick1 system
Mettler1 system
Mojave2 systems
Mountain Mesa1 system
North Edwards4 systems
Oildale2 systems
Olde Stockdale3 systems
Old River1 system
Old Stine1 system
Onyx1 system
Pine Mountain Club1 system
Potomac Park1 system
Pumpkin Center1 system
Randsburg1 system
Rexland Acres1 system
Ridgecrest1 system
Ridgecrest Heights1 system
Rivergrove2 systems
Rosamond10 systems
Rosedale17 systems
Shafter3 systems
Smith Corner1 system
South Taft1 system
Stallion Springs1 system
Stebbins1 system
Taft1 system
Taft Heights1 system
Tehachapi2 systems
Tupman1 system
Valley Acres1 system
Wasco2 systems
Weedpatch1 system
Weldon8 systems
Wofford Heights4 systems
Woody1 system

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Counties come from the counties EPA lists each system serving, matched to 2024 Census counties; where EPA lists none, from the county coded in the system's ID, its service area map, or its mailing address. A county holding at least a fifth of a system's service area map is added when at least a fifth of that map lies in those counties. Towns are the ones EPA lists and the Census places such a map covers, always inside those counties. In New England, where EPA's town names a whole Town, it is not matched to the village of the same name. A system is not listed in a county holding less than a fifth of its map, or in a county or town its map reaches when the map lies mostly outside the counties EPA lists, so a page can leave out a system that serves part of the area. Methodology and limitations