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What is in the water at 93312

3 public water systems serve this ZIP code in the federal records. Everything below comes from EPA monitoring data, and everything missing is named.

VAUGHN WC INC

PWSID CA1510029 · CA · serves 37,189 people

PFAS and lithium

2 compounds detected at or above the reporting limit under EPA’s UCMR 5 monitoring, across 2 samples.

CompoundHighest detectedSamplesMost recent
PFHxA0.0034 µg/L12/10/2025
PFPeA0.0031 µg/L12/10/2025

A detection is a measurement, not a violation and not a health finding. EPA states that UCMR 5 results do not indicate compliance or non-compliance with any limit.

Health-based violations

No open health-based violation on record. This covers MCL, treatment technique and MRDL violations in SDWIS that have not been returned to compliance. It excludes monitoring and reporting violations, which are the large majority nationally, so this is not “no violations”, and SDWIS completeness varies by state.

Hardness

No hardness measurement. Hardness is measured at environmental monitoring stations, and none fell inside this system’s service area. That is a gap in where monitoring happens, not a finding about the water.

BAKERSFIELD, CITY OF

PWSID CA1510031 · CA · serves 160,144 people

PFAS and lithium

4 compounds detected at or above the reporting limit under EPA’s UCMR 5 monitoring, across 13 samples.

CompoundHighest detectedSamplesMost recent
lithium15 µg/L49/20/2025
PFOS0.0084 µg/L59/21/2025
PFNA0.0047 µg/L29/21/2025
PFHxS0.0042 µg/L29/21/2025

A detection is a measurement, not a violation and not a health finding. EPA states that UCMR 5 results do not indicate compliance or non-compliance with any limit.

Health-based violations

No open health-based violation on record. This covers MCL, treatment technique and MRDL violations in SDWIS that have not been returned to compliance. It excludes monitoring and reporting violations, which are the large majority nationally, so this is not “no violations”, and SDWIS completeness varies by state.

Hardness

Median hardness 106 mg/L as CaCO₃, measured at 20 stations serving this system across 23 results, 2015-01-15 to 2021-03-17. Measured in the water source and distribution area, not at a tap, and not in your home.

CWS - NORTH GARDEN

PWSID CA1510055 · CA · serves 22,762 people

PFAS and lithium

2 compounds detected at or above the reporting limit under EPA’s UCMR 5 monitoring, across 10 samples.

CompoundHighest detectedSamplesMost recent
lithium19 µg/L88/23/2025
PFOS0.0046 µg/L25/17/2025

A detection is a measurement, not a violation and not a health finding. EPA states that UCMR 5 results do not indicate compliance or non-compliance with any limit.

Health-based violations

No open health-based violation on record. This covers MCL, treatment technique and MRDL violations in SDWIS that have not been returned to compliance. It excludes monitoring and reporting violations, which are the large majority nationally, so this is not “no violations”, and SDWIS completeness varies by state.

Hardness

Median hardness 101 mg/L as CaCO₃, measured at 4 stations serving this system across 5 results, 2016-07-26 to 2022-04-27. Measured in the water source and distribution area, not at a tap, and not in your home.

What this report cannot tell you

Every figure describes water at a sampling point: a treatment plant, an entry point to the distribution system, or a monitoring station. None of it describes water arriving at your tap. Plumbing between the two can add lead and copper, and if your home was built before 1986 a test kit tells you something no federal dataset can.

Sources: EPA UCMR 5 occurrence (final release, frozen July 2026) · EPA SDWIS health-based violations · USGS and state monitoring via the Water Quality Portal · EPA Public Water System Service Area Boundaries v3. Compiled 2026-09-01.