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4/19/2025
Sarah Thiessen
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City of Tulare
Tulare County:
The City of Tulare provides drinking water for over 70 thousand residents from groundwater wells in the Central Valley watershed Region 5. The California Department of Public Health reports "a slightly increased percentage of children with elevated blood lead levels from 2021 to 2022". From the City of Tulare 2023 Annual Water Quality Report, "If present, elevated levels of lead can cause serious health problems, especially for pregnant women and young children. Lead in drinking water is primarily from materials and components associated with service lines and home plumbing."
The water utility provides potable water in accordance with National Primary Drinking Water Standards, responsible for the quality of the water from the facility, through the mains and distribution lines. Compliant tap water can become contaminated inside the home from old plumbing materials. To guard against the buildup of lead in the water pipes within the home, the utility suggests flushing the lines that have not been used in several hours, allowing water to run for 30 seconds and up to 2 minutes to remove stagnant water and bring in the fresh supply. As water conservation is also important, the utility recommends you capture that first water in a container for cleaning, or watering plants.
If you are concerned about the possibility of lead water lines leaching, to have your water tested for lead, or to find steps you can take to minimize lead exposure, call the Safe Drinking Water Hotline at (800) 426-4791 or www.epa.gov/safewater/lead.
Drinking Water Facility Profile: City of Tulare
Compliance Status: No violation identified
Owner: local government
Location: City of Tulare, CA
County: Tulare
Active Permit: CA5410015
System Type: community water system
Population Served: 70733
Watershed: Region 5
Source: groundwater
Admin Contact: Tim Doyle, Assistant Public Works Director tel (559) 684-4286
Latest Compliance Inspections: Sanitary survey, complete: April 28, 2022 (State)
Sanitary survey results No deficiencies or recommendations noted
The 2023 Annual Water Quality Report mentions the presence of arsenic in the raw water. The level is acceptable according to the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations, however sensitive individuals may want to seek health guidance about long term consumption.
The following information gathered from federal EPA pertains to the quarter ending Sep 30 2024 (data last refreshed on EPA database Jan 11, 2025)
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Non-compliant inspections
(of the previous 12 quarters)
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with Significant Violations
(of the previous 12 quarters)
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Informal
Enforcement Actions
(last 5 yrs)
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Formal
Enforcement Actions
(last 5 years)
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0 out of 12
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0 out of 12
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Violations and non-compliance
None reported
*Note that drinking water information provided in this report is aggregated from the federal EPA database, state resources and local government sources where available.
EPA publishes violation and enforcement data quarterly, based on the inspection reports of the previous quarter. Water systems, states and EPA take up to three months to verify this data is accurate and complete.
Specific questions about your local water supply should be directed to the facility.
The EPA safe drinking water facilities data available to the public presents what is known to the government based upon the most recently available information for more than one million regulated facilities. EPA and states inspect a percentage of facilities each year, but many facilities, particularly smaller ones, may not have received a recent inspection. It is possible that facilities do have violations that have not yet been discovered, thus are shown as compliant in the system.
EPA cannot positively state that facilities without violations shown in ECHO are necessarily fully compliant with environmental laws. Additionally, some violations at smaller facilities do not need to be reported from the states to EPA. If ECHO shows a recent inspection and the facility is shown with no violations identified, users of the ECHO site can be more confident that the facility is in compliance with federal programs.
The compliance status of smaller facilities that have not had recent inspections or review by EPA or the states may be unknown or only available via state data systems.
See yellow tags on the front page map for boil water advisories, red for do not consume.
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