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Apple Valley Farms

At a glance

Apple Valley Farms (PWSID CA5500371) is an active non-transient non-community water system in Tuolumne County, California. It reports serving 40 people through 2 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list one violation for this system; it is not health-based, and the most recent began in April 2025.

Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

40

Service connections

2

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

NTNCWS

Non-transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDCA5500371
System typeNon-transient non-community water system
Activity statusActive
Population served40
Service connections2
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyCA state drinking water program
City servedSonora
StateCalifornia
ZIP—
CountyTuolumne County

How does Apple Valley Farms compare with other water systems in Tuolumne County?

By EPA's size categories, Apple Valley Farms is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Tuolumne County has 117 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 706 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 82,611 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across California, the 7,479 active systems average 5,706 people each. Nationally, the average active non-transient non-community water system reports serving 430 people, so Apple Valley Farms is well below that figure.

What does “non-transient non-community water system” mean?

A non-transient non-community water system regularly serves at least 25 of the same people for more than six months a year, but not where they live. Schools, factories, office buildings and hospitals with their own supply are typical examples. California has 1,466 active non-transient non-community water systems, 20% of the state's 7,479 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 6,179 California systems (83%) list groundwater as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Apple Valley Farms?

EPA lists Apple Valley Farms as privately owned. The CA state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 75 of the 117 active systems in Tuolumne County (64%) are also privately owned.

Does Apple Valley Farms have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list one violation for this system; it is not health-based, and the most recent began in April 2025. By type: 1 monitoring. The contaminant or rule involved is Revised Total Coliform Rule. EPA lists 1 as resolved. Resolved means at least one resolving action is on record: the system returned to compliance, the rule no longer applies, or no further action was needed.

BeganViolationContaminant or ruleHealth-basedStatus
2025-04-01MonitoringMonitoring, Lab Certification/Method Error (RTCR) · code 3DRevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved

The one violation in EPA's records.Labels and codes come from EPA's SDWIS reference tables. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found. "Health-based" marks violations of a legal limit or required treatment.

Apple Valley Farms: frequently asked questions

Who runs Apple Valley Farms?

Apple Valley Farms (PWSID CA5500371) is a non-transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the CA state drinking water program.

How many people does Apple Valley Farms serve?

Apple Valley Farms reports serving 40 people through 2 service connections in Tuolumne County, California.

Where does Apple Valley Farms get its water?

EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers.

Does Apple Valley Farms have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list one violation for this system; it is not health-based, and the most recent began in April 2025. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found.

Is Apple Valley Farms' water safe to drink?

AquaCensus shows EPA compliance records, not current water test results, so it cannot say whether the water is safe at a given moment. EPA's records list one violation for this system; it is not health-based, and the most recent began in April 2025. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the CA state drinking water program.

Where can I find Apple Valley Farms' water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Apple Valley Farms is a non-transient non-community water system, so it is not required to publish one; like every public water system, it must notify the people it serves about violations under EPA's public notification rules.

Other water systems in Tuolumne County

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
Tud - Upper Basin Water SystemTuolumne13,280CommunitySurface water
Tud - Sonora/Jamestown Water SystemTuolumne11,054CommunitySurface water
Tud - Columbia Water SystemTuolumne5,463CommunitySurface water
Peppery Bar and Grill, theTuolumne4,500Transient non-communityGroundwater
Cdcr - Sierra Conservation CenterTuolumne3,571CommunitySurface water
Groveland Community Serv DistTuolumne3,400CommunitySurface water

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About this data

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and SDWA violation records, via EPA ECHO, as published October 1, 2026 — AquaCensus refreshes it quarterly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: AquaCensus, “Apple Valley Farms, PWSID CA5500371, California”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/california/apple-valley-farms-ca5500371 (data as of October 1, 2026).