COUNTRY HILLS ESTATES water quality, CA

At a glance

1 issue above the federal safety limit

Above the federal safety limit

Lead

0.017 mg/L

Public health experts agree no amount of lead in drinking water is safe. Even low levels can affect children's brain development.

Most recent lead and copper test · See details below
No lead reported

Lead service lines

No lead reported in inventory

This utility's inventory reports no confirmed lead service lines and a low share of unclassified lines.

From the utility's published inventory · See details below
Mixed across sources

Fluoride

Mixed sources

CDC's My Water's Fluoride listing marks this system as Mixed: different sources or parts of its service area report different fluoridation statuses.

Per CDC My Water's Fluoride · See details below

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

COUNTRY HILLS ESTATES reports 0 confirmed lead service lines, 28 non-lead, 0 unknown (total 28) 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)
28 confirmed non-lead (100.0%)
28 total service lines in the system

What to do if your service line might be lead

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.
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.
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.
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 COUNTRY HILLS ESTATES ( 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	0.017 mg/L	December 31, 2025	Concern Lead has no safe level (MCLG=0). LCR action level is 0.015 mg/L for the 90th-percentile sample; the LCRI (Oct 2024) lowers the action level to 0.010 mg/L effective Nov 2027. Caution at any detection above LOD; concern anchored to the future LCRI value (0.010 mg/L) for forward consistency. Learn more about Lead. Source.

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

Fluoride

Per CDC My Water's Fluoride

COUNTRY HILLS ESTATES reports mixed fluoridation across its water sources.

CDC's My Water's Fluoride listing marks this system as Mixed: it draws on multiple sources with different fluoridation statuses, or fluoridates only part of its service area. The annual water quality report for your specific service address has the most reliable measured concentration.

Source: CDC My Water's Fluoride, listed under Country Hills Estates (San Luis Obispo County). Verify on CDC's site .

Area context

San Luis Obispo County, CA (2020 data)

Community water systems: 3 of 51 add fluoride
Population on fluoridated water: 43,464 of 157,999 (27.5%)

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

Data from CDC My Water's Fluoride (per-system status) , last refreshed May 19, 2026.

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.

Clean record

No violations on file for this system in the last 5 years.

26 older violation s (5-10 years ago) · 24 health-based, 2 paperwork , all resolved

Violations 5-10 years ago (26 total)
Period start	Relates to	Item	Measured level	Status
April 1, 2019	Arsenic	Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average	0.029 MG/L MCL 0.010 MG/L	Resolved
April 1, 2019	Arsenic	Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average	0.029 MG/L MCL 0.010 MG/L	Resolved
January 1, 2019	Lead and Copper Rule	Initial Tap Sampling for Pb and Cu	—	Resolved
January 1, 2019	Lead and Copper Rule	Initial Tap Sampling for Pb and Cu	—	Resolved
January 1, 2019	Arsenic	Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average	0.030 MG/L MCL 0.010 MG/L	Resolved
January 1, 2019	Arsenic	Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average	0.030 MG/L MCL 0.010 MG/L	Resolved
October 1, 2018	Arsenic	Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average	0.032 MG/L MCL 0.010 MG/L	Resolved
October 1, 2018	Arsenic	Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average	0.032 MG/L MCL 0.010 MG/L	Resolved
July 1, 2018	Arsenic	Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average	0.031 MG/L MCL 0.010 MG/L	Resolved
July 1, 2018	Arsenic	Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average	0.031 MG/L MCL 0.010 MG/L	Resolved
April 1, 2018	Arsenic	Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average	0.029 MG/L MCL 0.010 MG/L	Resolved
April 1, 2018	Arsenic	Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average	0.029 MG/L MCL 0.010 MG/L	Resolved
January 1, 2018	Arsenic	Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average	0.030 MG/L MCL 0.010 MG/L	Resolved
January 1, 2018	Arsenic	Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average	0.030 MG/L MCL 0.010 MG/L	Resolved
October 1, 2017	Arsenic	Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average	0.040 MG/L MCL 0.010 MG/L	Resolved
October 1, 2017	Arsenic	Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average	0.040 MG/L MCL 0.010 MG/L	Resolved
July 1, 2017	Arsenic	Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average	0.040 MG/L MCL 0.010 MG/L	Resolved
July 1, 2017	Arsenic	Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average	0.040 MG/L MCL 0.010 MG/L	Resolved
April 1, 2017	Arsenic	Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average	0.024 MG/L MCL 0.010 MG/L	Resolved
April 1, 2017	Arsenic	Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average	0.024 MG/L MCL 0.010 MG/L	Resolved
January 1, 2017	Arsenic	Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average	0.039 MG/L MCL 0.010 MG/L	Resolved
January 1, 2017	Arsenic	Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average	0.039 MG/L MCL 0.010 MG/L	Resolved
October 1, 2016	Arsenic	Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average	0.026 MG/L MCL 0.010 MG/L	Resolved
October 1, 2016	Arsenic	Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average	0.026 MG/L MCL 0.010 MG/L	Resolved
July 1, 2016	Arsenic	Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average	0.026 MG/L MCL 0.010 MG/L	Resolved
July 1, 2016	Arsenic	Maximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average	0.026 MG/L MCL 0.010 MG/L	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 COUNTRY HILLS ESTATES's CCR:

Search the web for "COUNTRY HILLS ESTATES consumer confidence report" . The PDF is usually on the utility's own website.
Or call the utility directly. Their phone number is in the contact section below.

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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: EDWARDS, PAUL
Phone: 805-888-7943
Email: Pauledwards18@yahoo.com
Mailing address: P.O. Box 1273
ARROYO GRANDE, CA 93421

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.

EPA SDWIS bulk download — last refreshed May 24, 2026 (system info, violations, lead and copper samples).
Lead service line inventory — last refreshed May 24, 2026 (from the utility's reported inventory).
CDC My Water's Fluoride — last refreshed May 19, 2026 (per-system Yes/No fluoridation status).
CDC Water Fluoridation Reporting System — last refreshed May 16, 2026 (state and county fluoridation aggregates).

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