Nevada County public water systems

Failing or At-Risk

6systems

10,068people served (11% of total)

Not At-Risk or Not Assessed

15systems

78,866people served (83% of total)

includes Not Assessed systems, which are outside the SAFER assessment

Status classification

Share of listed systems, followed by the count, reported population, and funding in each status.

At-Risk17%

Potentially At-Risk30%

Not At-Risk43%

Failing

At-Risk

Potentially At-Risk

Not At-Risk

Not Assessed

Systems

1

5

9

13

2

Population

110

9,958

6,053

78,501

365

Funding since 2017

$7M

$0

Key figures

30

public water systems

94,987

reported population

77%

serve 500 people or fewer

$7M

reported funding since 2017

System locations

Points show reported system locations. They do not represent service-area boundaries.

Each point represents one system record.

Summary

Nevada County has 30 public water systems in the SAFER dataset. Of these, 6 (20%) are classified as Failing or At-Risk.

Those systems report serving 10,068 people. The county profile is also shaped by small systems: 23 systems serve 500 people or fewer.

2 systems are Not Assessed. These fall outside the SAFER risk assessment, so they carry no classification either way.

Reported funding since 2017 totals $7M across 1 system. Technical assistance funding totals $81K.

System counts and reported population

Not At-Risk systems make up 43% of listed systems and 83% of reported population. A few large systems drive that population, so it reaches more people than its system count suggests.

Risk profile

Risk in Nevada County is distributed across four dimensions. Accessibility contributes the largest share of the combined weighted risk score at 38%. Across all individual indicators, No intertie appears most often, affecting 23 of 28 assessed systems.

Water Quality

of combined weighted risk

State 33% · ▼ 11 pts

Most common flagWater quality trends toward MCL

Accessibility

of combined weighted risk

State 36% · ▲ 2 pts

Most common flagNo intertie

Affordability

of combined weighted risk

State 17% · ▲ 10 pts

Most common flagHousehold socioeconomic burden

TMF Capacity

of combined weighted risk

State 14% · ▼ 1 pts

Most common flagTotal net annual income

Water Quality

Water Quality accounts for 22% of the county’s combined weighted risk score. Water quality trends toward MCL appears in 7 of 28 assessed systems. Emerging contaminants is next, appearing in 5 of 28 assessed systems.

Each indicator was assessed for 28 systems.

Accessibility

Accessibility accounts for 38% of the county’s combined weighted risk score. No intertie appears in 23 of 28 assessed systems. Limited water sources is next, appearing in 16 of 28 assessed systems.

Indicator denominators range from 22 to 28 assessed systems.

Affordability

Affordability accounts for 27% of the county’s combined weighted risk score. Household socioeconomic burden appears in 23 of 28 assessed systems. Share of household income is next, appearing in 9 of 27 assessed systems.

Indicator denominators range from 27 to 28 assessed systems.

TMF Capacity

TMF Capacity accounts for 13% of the county’s combined weighted risk score. Total net annual income appears in 14 of 28 assessed systems. Operating ratio is next, appearing in 6 of 28 assessed systems.

Indicator denominators range from 22 to 28 assessed systems.

Patterns and context

The countywide totals hide important differences among systems. The panels below show how SAFER status varies by system size and service-area economic status, what conditions appear among Failing systems, and how reported funding is distributed across the 30 systems in Nevada County.

Status by system size

SAFER status within each population group

Among systems serving 500 people or fewer, 5 of 23 are Failing or At-Risk. The highest concentration occurs among systems serving 3,301 to 10,000, at 33%.

Economic context

Orange shows Failing or At-Risk systems within each service-area group

DAC and SDAC service areas contain 10 of 30 listed systems. Within those two groups, 5 systems are Failing or At-Risk.

Conditions among Failing systems

A system can appear under more than one condition

No primary analytes were listed for Failing systems.

Among 1 Failing systems, 1 report treatment technique violation. No primary analytes are listed for these systems.

Reported funding

Totals since 2017 and number of systems reporting funding

Funding since 2017 totals $7M across 1 system. Failing systems account for 100% of that total. Reported technical assistance funding adds $81K.

Key takeaways

20%

of systems are Failing or At-Risk

That represents 6 systems reporting service to 10,068 people. That is below the statewide average of 33%.

38%

of weighted risk comes from Accessibility

The most widespread individual flag is no intertie, found in 23 of 28 assessed systems. Statewide, Accessibility accounts for 36% of weighted risk.

77%

of systems serve 500 people or fewer

Small systems account for 23 of the county’s 30 listed systems. That is above the statewide average of 63%.