Community: RIVERKERN MUTUAL WATER COMPANY
County: Kern
Sys. Category: Complete water system only
Agency Name: RIVERKERN MUTUAL WATER COMPANY
Ownership: Private
Ownership Type: Private non-PUC reg
Population: 336
Connections: 113
2010 MHI: 40,685
SDAC or DAC: DAC
DAC Classification Source: Calculated
IRWMP: KERN
Geography: Mountains
Location: Kernville
Contact Title: Superintendent
Contact: Dennis Veale
Phone:
Alt. Contact:
Phone:
H2O Sys. Num.: 1500251
Water Source: GW
Active Wells Count: 4
Wells Issues?: XXXXX
Issues: NEEDS RELIABLE DISINFECTION EQUIPT. SYSTEM VERY OLD AND HAS MANY "DEAD-ENDS". 3 WELLS PRODUCE TOTAL COLIFORM POSITIVE WATER-Power outages currently result in no water for drinking or flushing toilets for residents in this community. Depending on cause a
Potential Solutions:
| Water quality sample results for selected constituents. Values shown for water samples collected 2004-2014. | |||||||||||||
| Raw Water | Delivered Water | Raw Water | Delivered Water | ||||||||||
| Max. | Ave. | Count | Max. | Ave. | Count | Max. | Ave. | Count | Max. | Ave. | Count | ||
| Arsenic (10 ug/L): | 3.40 | 1.14 | 5 | 3.40 | 1.14 | 5 | Flouride (2 mg/L): | 0.41 | 0.37 | 5 | 0.41 | 0.37 | 5 |
| DBCP (0.2 ug/L): | Perchlorate (6 ug/L): | 4.00 | 4.00 | 8 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 8 | ||||||
| Nitrate as NO3 (45 mg/L): | 9.94 | 4.31 | 16 | 9.94 | 4.31 | 16 | TCE (5 ug/L): | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3 |
| PCB (0.5ug/L): | 8 | 8 | THMs (80 ug/L): | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8 | ||||
| Uranium (20 pC/L): | 4.52 | 0.88 | 8 | 4.52 | 0.88 | 8 | |||||||
WW Sys. Num.:
Treatment: XXXXX
Design Flow (MGD):
Total Enforcement Actns:
Cat.1 Viol:
Cat. 2 Viol:
Septic Probs?: XXXXX
Sewer Issues:
Potential Solutions: UP-GRADE MAINS, CONSTRUCT "LOOP" AND GET RID OF ALL DEADENDS. OTHER - DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION-This project involves sizing, purchasing and installing emergency electrical generation equipment with sufficient capacity to drive existing water pumps and pressure systems during power outages.Emergency power generation is a less costly alternative than acquiring additional land and installing new tanks at an elevation high enough to produce adequate water pressure during power outages.
Treatment Comm: XXXXX
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