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Fireclay Tile

At a glance

Fireclay Tile (PWSID CA3510009) is an active non-transient non-community water system in San Benito County, California. It reports serving 100 people through 4 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in March 2026.

Dataset updated October 2026 . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

100

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

NTNCWS

Non-transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDCA3510009

System typeNon-transient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served100

Service connections4

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyCA state drinking water program

City served—

StateCalifornia

ZIP—

CountySan Benito County

How does Fireclay Tile compare with other water systems in San Benito County?

By EPA's size categories, Fireclay Tile is a very small system (500 people or fewer). San Benito County has 63 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 1,312 people per system, and accounts for 0.1% of the 82,670 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 Fireclay Tile 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 Fireclay Tile?

EPA lists Fireclay Tile 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. 46 of the 63 active systems in San Benito County (73%) are also privately owned.

Does Fireclay Tile have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in March 2026. The violations listed here began between December 2021 and March 2026. By type: 10 monitoring. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (10 of them). EPA lists 9 as archived and 1 as resolved. Archived means the violation was not marked resolved but is more than five years past the end of the noncompliance period, so it no longer counts toward current compliance status. 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.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2026-03-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Archived
2026-02-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Archived
2026-01-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Archived
2025-12-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Archived
2025-11-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Archived
2025-10-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Archived
2025-09-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Archived
2025-08-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Archived
2025-07-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Archived
2021-12-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved

All 10 violations in EPA's records, newest first.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.

Fireclay Tile: frequently asked questions

Who runs Fireclay Tile?

Fireclay Tile (PWSID CA3510009) is a non-transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the CA state drinking water program.

How many people does Fireclay Tile serve?

Fireclay Tile reports serving 100 people through 4 service connections in San Benito County, California.

Where does Fireclay Tile 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 Fireclay Tile have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in March 2026. 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 Fireclay Tile's 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 10 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in March 2026. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the CA state drinking water program.

Where can I find Fireclay Tile's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Fireclay Tile 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 San Benito County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Hollister, City of	San Benito	26,017	Community	Purchased surface water
Sunnyslope County Water Dist	San Benito	24,954	Community	Purchased surface water
33rd District Agricultural Association	San Benito	9,000	Transient non-community	Groundwater
San Benito High School	San Benito	3,310	Non-transient non-community	Groundwater
Aromas Water District	San Benito	2,988	Community	Groundwater
San Juan Bautista, City of	San Benito	2,335	Community	Groundwater

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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, “Fireclay Tile, PWSID CA3510009, California”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/california/fireclay-tile-ca3510009 (data as of October 1, 2026).