 The district serves 836 people, and in May 2012 "The New York Times" reported that individual sampling of the district's water showed two contaminants above legal limits — alpha particle activity and Combined Uranium (picoCuries per liter).Two contaminants — lead (total) and uranium-228 — were below legal limits but above "health guidelines".In 2011–2012 a committee of the Kern County grand jury investigated complaints about the installation and connection of a private 12-inch line to the district's water supply, by which a developer hoped to bring water to a hotel then planned for construction.