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PWSID CA1503341

TEJON CASTAC WD - I5 & LAVAL RD

Community water system based in Lebec, CA

Service area on file with EPA: Kern County. EPA's recorded service area can be incomplete for regional authorities. The cities and counties above are what the utility has filed with EPA; the utility may serve additional areas.

Population served
38k
Source
Surface water
Status
Active

At a glance

Recent tests are below federal safety limits

Risk classification follows EPA's published values for safe drinking water, with caution and concern bands reviewed by a clinician. Past resolved violations do not influence this card. See methodology.

Lead service line inventory

Utility reports no confirmed lead service lines

TEJON CASTAC WD - I5 & LAVAL RD reports 0 confirmed lead service lines, 73 non-lead, 0 unknown (total 73) in the EPA SDWIS service line inventory (2026Q1).

  • 0 confirmed lead service lines
  • 0 galvanized requiring replacement (LCRI treats these as lead)
  • 0 unknown (0.0% of total)
  • 73 confirmed non-lead (100.0%)
  • 73 total service lines in the system
What to do if your service line might be lead
  1. Ask your utility to check the service-line classification for your specific address. Many utilities provide a public address-lookup tool linked from the inventory page.
  2. Get on the replacement queue. Under the LCRI, utilities must replace all lead and galvanized-requiring- replacement lines within 10 years (clock generally starts November 2027). Some prioritize requests.
  3. Until the line is replaced: flush the tap 30 seconds after long stagnation, use cold water for drinking and cooking, and consider an NSF/ANSI 53 lead-rated tap filter.
  4. Talk to your clinician about a blood lead test for anyone in the home, especially a pregnant person or a child under 6. Lead in drinking water guide.

Inventory data sourced from TEJON CASTAC WD - I5 & LAVAL RD ( retrieved May 24, 2026 ; curator confidence: high ). Confirmed against the original source automatically each month; see methodology.

Lead and copper test results

The most recent measurement per contaminant from EPA's Lead and Copper Rule sampling.

Why only lead and copper, and not arsenic, nitrate, or others?

EPA's bulk SDWIS download is the only nationwide per-system sample data they publish, and it only includes the Lead and Copper Rule table. Values for other regulated contaminants (TTHMs, nitrate, arsenic, etc.) appear on this page only when they trigger a violation. For the full per-system contaminant suite, see the utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report (link further down the page).

Most recent measurements per contaminant (Lead and Copper Rule) . Sorted by risk: concern first, then caution, then unrated, then safe.
Contaminant Most recent Date Risk
Lead
PB90
 0 mg/L December 31, 2024 Below regulatory thresholds

Data from EPA SDWIS (Lead and Copper Rule sample table) , last refreshed May 24, 2026.

PFAS and emerging contaminants

This system was tested 60 times under EPA's latest PFAS monitoring program; 0 of the 30 chemicals tested were detected.

What is this testing program?

EPA's fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule cycle (UCMR 5, 2023 to 2025) required every public water system serving over 3,300 people to test for 29 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) plus lithium; 30 chemicals in total. Most recent detection per chemical shown below.

No detections

All UCMR 5 samples for this system were below the EPA-defined minimum reporting level (MRL) for every tested contaminant. Substances that were tested but not detected are listed below.

Tested but not detected (30 contaminants)

EPA tested for these substances and every sample was below the minimum reporting level. Absence of detection does not mean true zero; it means below the laboratory's quantitation threshold.

Data from EPA UCMR 5 (Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule) , last refreshed May 24, 2026.

Fluoride

We don't yet have this utility's specific fluoridation status from CDC's My Water's Fluoride listing. The figures below describe the broader area, not TEJON CASTAC WD - I5 & LAVAL RD itself.

Area context

Kern County, CA (2020 data)

Community water systems
24 of 144 add fluoride
Population on fluoridated water
18,282 of 458,947 (4.0%)

California statewide (2020 data)

Population on fluoridated water
21,879,582 of 38,051,212 (57.5%)
Community water systems adding fluoride
417 of 3,057

Look up your specific utility

California shares per-system data on CDC's My Water's Fluoride site. Search by water system to see whether TEJON CASTAC WD - I5 & LAVAL RD adds fluoride.

CDC My Water's Fluoride: search by water system

Data from CDC Water Fluoridation Reporting System (state and county aggregates) , last refreshed May 16, 2026.

Compliance history

EPA-recorded violations against this system over the last 5 years.

How to read this section

Health-based violations are when a measured limit was exceeded; the measured concentration is shown alongside the EPA federal limit where SDWIS published it. Monitoring and reporting items are paperwork issues (missed sample dates, late filings) that do not themselves indicate unsafe water.

No health-based violations

No health-based violations on file in the last 5 years. EPA recorded 2 monitoring or reporting items (paperwork) during the same period.

2 monitoring and reporting item s (paperwork) · these are not health risks
Monitoring and reporting items in the last 5 years
Period start Relates to Item Status
October 1, 2021 Total Haloacetic Acids (Haa5) Monitoring and Reporting (DBP) Resolved
October 1, 2021 Total Haloacetic Acids (Haa5) Monitoring and Reporting (DBP) Resolved
2 older violation s (5-10 years ago) · all paperwork (monitoring/reporting), none health-based , all resolved
Violations 5-10 years ago (2 total)
Period start Relates to Item Measured level Status
January 1, 2021 Nitrate Monitoring, Regular — Resolved
January 1, 2021 Nitrate Monitoring, Regular — Resolved

Data from EPA SDWIS (violation records) , last refreshed May 24, 2026.

Where to see every contaminant this utility tested for

EPA's bulk SDWIS dataset gives MyTapWater.us per-system measured values for lead and copper, plus violation records for everything else. To see every regulated contaminant this utility tested for in the past year (TTHMs, HAA5, nitrate, arsenic, fluoride, chromium, etc.) with measured values, read the utility's Consumer Confidence Report (CCR).

Every community water system is required by EPA to publish a CCR annually, by July 1, listing every contaminant they sampled, the measured value, the federal limit, and any health-based exceedances. Most utilities post the report online; some mail it with your bill.

How to find TEJON CASTAC WD - I5 & LAVAL RD's CCR:

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Contact this utility

Public administrative contact information for this water system, as filed with the EPA. Use this to ask about your service line, request your home's lead status, or report a water quality issue.

Administrator
WATKINS, KENNY
Phone
661-663-4224
Email
kwatkins@tcwd.info
Mailing address
P.O. Box 478
LEBEC, CA 93243

Where this page's data comes from

Bundle released 2026-Q2, regenerated May 24, 2026. Each section above also shows its own source date so you can tell at a glance how fresh that part of the page is.

Every value on this page is cross-verified before publication; read our methodology for the verification steps and corrections process.