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Firebaugh tap water, in plain English
Here is what the EPA's own data shows about tap water in Firebaugh. According to EPA SDWIS data retrieved June 2026, Firebaugh is served by 4 active community water systems, together reported to serve about 8,616 people.
As of June 2026, EPA records show 120 violations across the community water system(s) serving Firebaugh, going back to the earliest EPA record. 88 of these are classified by the EPA as health-based (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks); the rest are monitoring or reporting violations. Each is listed by system below, with its status.
What the EPA has on record, by system
Firebaugh City
8,096 served · groundwater · PWSID CA1010005 - Health-based Coliform (TCR): a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 4 times between August 2003 and October 2003. The EPA record for these does not include a measured level. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Coliform (TCR): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 8 times between February 2003 and September 2004. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Nitrate: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in January 2000. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
East Acres Mutual Water Company
250 served · groundwater · PWSID CA2000512 - Health-based LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded once in October 2024. The EPA record for these does not include a measured level. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Health-based Manganese: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded once in April 2024. The EPA record lists a level of 0.085 MG/L; the limit (MCL) is 0.05 MG/L. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Health-based Arsenic: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 6 times between October 2010 and January 2015. The EPA record lists a level of 0.012 MG/L; the limit (MCL) is 0.01 MG/L. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in October 2024. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Nitrate: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between January 2021 and January 2024. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Manganese: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 2024. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Arsenic: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2024. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Lead and Copper Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in October 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
Panoche Water District
220 served · surface water · PWSID CA1000345 - Health-based TTHM: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 36 times between April 2008 and October 2020. The EPA record lists a level of 0.102 MG/L; the limit (MCL) is 0.08 MG/L. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Health-based Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 14 times between July 2017 and October 2020. The EPA record lists a level of 0.0688 MG/L; the limit (MCL) is 0.06 MG/L. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Health-based Surface Water Treatment Rule: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 10 times between November 2014 and September 2017. The EPA record for these does not include a measured level. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in July 2016. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in July 2016. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring TTHM: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in July 2016. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Lead and Copper Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in October 2014. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Consumer Confidence Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in July 2009. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
Marquez Rental
50 served · groundwater · PWSID CA2000800 - Health-based Arsenic: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 6 times between January 2024 and April 2025. The EPA record lists a level of 0.0115 MG/L; the limit (MCL) is 0.01 MG/L. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Health-based Gross Alpha Particle Activity: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded once in January 2018. The EPA record lists a level of 27.025 PCI/L; the limit (MCL) is 15 PCI/L. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Health-based Combined Uranium: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 9 times between January 2007 and January 2016. The EPA record lists a level of 24.14 PCI/L; the limit (MCL) is 20 PCI/L. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Revised Total Coliform Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in February 2025. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Arsenic: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times between April 2014 and January 2019. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Nitrate: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in January 1998. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
What this means
A health-based violation means a contaminant was recorded above the limit the EPA tracks for it. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was late or missed — not that a contaminant was measured above a limit. “Returned to compliance” means the EPA recorded the issue as resolved.
This page summarizes the EPA's own records and does not assess whether your water is safe to drink. For the most current details, you can verify every record directly with the EPA, and contact your water system with questions.
Source: U.S. EPA Envirofacts SDWIS, retrieved June 2026. Records cover the EPA's full reporting history for these systems. Verify at EPA ECHO.