Kern County, California

EPA Safe Drinking Water Act

  • Public Drinking Water Systems

    342

  • Community Water Systems

    171

  • Systems with Violations

    2

  • Systems with Health Based Violations

    0

  • Systems Listed as Serious Violators

    0

  • Unresolved SDWA Violations

    2

  • Oldest Unresolved Violation

    08/15/2024

  • Population Served

    1,032,952

EPA National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

  • CWA Percent Non-Compliant

    0.52%

  • CWA Non-Compliant Systems

    1

  • CWA Total Violations

    4

The American Community Survey

  • HOUSEHOLDS LACKING COMPLETE PLUMBING FACILITIES (5-YEAR AVERAGE)

    1,140

  • PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLDS LACKING COMPLETE PLUMBING FACILITIES

    0.411%

  • TOTAL POPULATION

    906,883

  • MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME (5-YEAR AVERAGE)

    $63,883

  • PERCENTAGE OF FAMILIES BELOW POVERTY LEVEL (5-YEAR AVERAGE)

    8.8%

  • MALE

    464,093

  • FEMALE

    442,790

  • MEDIAN AGE

    32.2

  • MULTIRACIAL

    405,178

  • WHITE

    285,219

  • AFRICAN AMERICAN

    44,199

  • LATINO

    501,705

  • ASIAN

    44,904

  • AMERICAN INDIAN

    3,429

  • NATIVE PACIFIC ISLANDER

    1,044

To learn more about individual water systems and violations please visit the echo.epa.gov interactive map for this county here: https://echo.epa.gov/facilities/facility-search/results?p_st=CA&p_fips=06029 Other .gov state water resources: https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/drinking_water/certlic/drinkingwater/saferdashboard.htmlhttps://waterdata.usgs.gov/state/california/ Additional state water resources:https://www.californiadatacollaborative.org/