Public water system · CA5000020
ActiveRiver Road Mutual Water Company
At a glance
River Road Mutual Water Company (PWSID CA5000020) is an active community water system in Stanislaus County, California. It reports serving 26 people through 8 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 4 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2025.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
26
Service connections
8
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
CWS
Community water system
System record
How does River Road Mutual Water Company compare with other water systems in Stanislaus County?
By EPA's size categories, River Road Mutual Water Company is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Stanislaus County has 191 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 2,684 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 512,656 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across California, the 7,479 active systems average 5,706 people each. Nationally, the average active community water system reports serving 6,703 people, so River Road Mutual Water Company is well below that figure.
What does “community water system” mean?
A community water system serves at least 15 connections used by year-round residents, or regularly serves at least 25 year-round residents. Homes, apartments and mobile-home parks are served by these. California has 2,997 active community water systems, 40% 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 River Road Mutual Water Company?
EPA lists River Road Mutual Water Company 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. 130 of the 191 active systems in Stanislaus County (68%) are also privately owned.
Does River Road Mutual Water Company have drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 4 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2025. The violations listed here began between October 1980 and July 2025. By type: 4 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Lead and Copper Rule (2 of them). EPA lists 2 as unaddressed and 2 as archived. Unaddressed means the violation is not resolved or archived and is not yet covered by formal enforcement. 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.
| Began | Violation | Contaminant or rule | Health-based | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-01 | Monitoring and reportingInitial Tap Sampling for Pb and Cu · code 51 | Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000 | No | Unaddressed |
| 2025-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingInitial Tap Sampling for Pb and Cu · code 51 | Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000 | No | Unaddressed |
| 1981-10-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Gross alpha (excluding radon and uranium)code 4000 | No | Archived |
| 1980-10-30 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Gross alpha (excluding radon and uranium)code 4000 | No | Archived |
All 4 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.
River Road Mutual Water Company: frequently asked questions
Who runs River Road Mutual Water Company?
River Road Mutual Water Company (PWSID CA5000020) is a community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the CA state drinking water program.
How many people does River Road Mutual Water Company serve?
River Road Mutual Water Company reports serving 26 people through 8 service connections in Stanislaus County, California.
Where does River Road Mutual Water Company 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 River Road Mutual Water Company have any drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 4 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 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 River Road Mutual Water Company'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 4 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2025. For current results, consult the system's annual water quality report, EPA ECHO, or the CA state drinking water program.
Where can I find River Road Mutual Water Company's water quality report?
As a community water system, River Road Mutual Water Company must deliver an annual water quality report, called a Consumer Confidence Report, to its customers by July 1 each year, covering the previous calendar year. The system can provide a copy on request.
Other water systems in Stanislaus County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modesto, City of | Stanislaus | 218,771 | Community | Purchased surface water |
| Turlock, City of | Stanislaus | 72,682 | Community | Purchased surface water |
| Ceres, City of | Stanislaus | 54,513 | Community | Purchased surface water |
| Patterson, City of | Stanislaus | 24,977 | Community | Groundwater |
| Riverbank, City of | Stanislaus | 24,834 | Community | Groundwater |
| Oakdale, City of | Stanislaus | 23,235 | 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, “River Road Mutual Water Company, PWSID CA5000020, California”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/california/river-road-mutual-water-company-ca5000020 (data as of October 1, 2026).