Shasta County public water systems

Status classification

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

At-Risk18%

Potentially At-Risk8%

Not At-Risk68%

Failing

At-Risk

Potentially At-Risk

Not At-Risk

Not Assessed

Systems

2

13

6

49

2

Population

221

6,607

1,287

75,029

89,658

Funding since 2017

$0

$3M

$0

$40M

$534K

Key figures

72

public water systems

172,802

reported population

75%

serve 500 people or fewer

$43M

reported funding since 2017

System locations

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

Each point represents one system record. Nearby or overlapping points can conceal multiple systems.

Summary

Shasta County has 72 public water systems in the SAFER dataset. Of these, 15 (21%) are classified as Failing or At-Risk.

Those systems report serving 6,828 people. The county profile is also shaped by small systems: 54 systems serve 500 people or fewer.

2 systems are listed as Not Assessed, serving 89,658 people, so Not Assessed should not be read as a low-risk classification.

Reported funding since 2017 totals $43M across 14 systems. Technical assistance funding totals $4M.

System counts and reported population

Not Assessed systems make up 3% of listed systems and 52% of reported population. That population sits in a few large systems outside the SAFER assessment’s scope, which generally have more capacity, so this reflects scope rather than hidden risk.

Risk profile

Risk in Shasta County is distributed across four dimensions. Accessibility contributes the largest share of the combined weighted risk score at 53%. Across all individual indicators, No intertie appears most often, affecting 68 of 70 assessed systems.

Water Quality

of combined weighted risk

State 32% · ▼ 22 pts

Most common flagEmerging contaminants

Accessibility

of combined weighted risk

State 36% · ▲ 16 pts

Most common flagNo intertie

Affordability

of combined weighted risk

State 17% · ▲ 1 pts

Most common flagHousehold socioeconomic burden

TMF Capacity

of combined weighted risk

State 15% · ▲ 5 pts

Most common flagTotal net annual income

Water Quality

Water Quality accounts for 10% of the county’s combined weighted risk score. Emerging contaminants appears in 8 of 70 assessed systems. Water quality trends toward MCL is next, appearing in 3 of 70 assessed systems.

Each indicator was assessed for 70 systems.

Accessibility

Accessibility accounts for 53% of the county’s combined weighted risk score. No intertie appears in 68 of 70 assessed systems. Limited water sources is next, appearing in 41 of 70 assessed systems.

Indicator denominators range from 67 to 70 assessed systems.

Affordability

Affordability accounts for 18% of the county’s combined weighted risk score. Household socioeconomic burden appears in 24 of 70 assessed systems. Share of household income is next, appearing in 14 of 69 assessed systems.

Indicator denominators range from 69 to 70 assessed systems.

TMF Capacity

TMF Capacity accounts for 19% of the county’s combined weighted risk score. Total net annual income appears in 33 of 70 assessed systems. Operating ratio is next, appearing in 24 of 70 assessed systems.

Indicator denominators range from 67 to 70 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 72 systems in Shasta County.

Status by system size

SAFER status within each population group

Among systems serving 500 people or fewer, 12 of 54 are Failing or At-Risk. The highest concentration occurs among systems serving 501 to 3,300, at 27%.

Economic context

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

DAC and SDAC service areas contain 61 of 72 listed systems. Within those two groups, 13 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 2 Failing systems, 1 report secondary MCL violation. No primary analytes are listed for these systems.

Reported funding

Totals since 2017 and number of systems reporting funding

Funding since 2017 totals $43M across 14 systems. Not At-Risk systems account for 92% of that total. Reported technical assistance funding adds $4M.

Key takeaways

21%

of systems are Failing or At-Risk

That represents 15 systems reporting service to 6,828 people. That is below the statewide average of 33%.

53%

of weighted risk comes from Accessibility

The most widespread individual flag is no intertie, found in 68 of 70 assessed systems. Statewide, Accessibility accounts for 36% of weighted risk.

75%

of systems serve 500 people or fewer

Small systems account for 54 of the county’s 72 listed systems. That is above the statewide average of 61%.