Address, APN, county, parcel reference. Water source type — private well, shared well, municipal, or unknown. A one-line plain-language status with its confidence. Key flags. The report date, version, and the source-coverage window. This is the page you forward.
Completion record if found: depth, casing, screened interval, construction date, driller. Proximity context — nearby wells and monitoring sites, basin and subbasin. Missing-data flags are printed, not omitted, so nobody mistakes silence for a clean record. Every field carries its source.
Recent test history where found: date, lab, analytes, result status. Recommended tests for the property type and region — nitrate, arsenic, coliform, salinity, and PFAS where relevant. An interpretation note that separates what is known from what is unknown and what needs retesting. Links to California testing resources and program eligibility.
Basin and subbasin. Local trend. Monitoring-site comparisons near the parcel with dates. Sustainability-plan threshold references where the plan publishes them. A plain statement of whether the local aquifer context is stable, declining, or mixed. This is the section that makes it due diligence rather than a records lookup.
Deal-impact summary for purchase, sale, refinance or rental. The questions a lender or buyer is likely to ask. Inspection and test urgency. An escrow checklist. Disclose-and-verify-before-closing reminders.
Rental well-testing flag where AB 2454 or a local rule may apply. County-specific disclosure items. Documentation requirements for shared systems and storage. Notice that local rules add to state requirements — and a consult-counsel note on edge cases. Jurisdiction-aware, and modular by design.
A checklist, not a white paper. Order the right tests. Request the missing records. Add the disclosure language. Recheck if the timeline extends. Keep the packet for resale.
A citation for every factual claim. A timestamped retrieval log. Data-freshness notes. The methodology summary and version. The trust layer that lets the report survive scrutiny.
The report separates facts from interpretation, and it separates what a record says from how strongly it says it. Every material statement carries both a source status and a strength of support.
| Source status | Meaning |
|---|---|
| VERIFIED | Supported by records or documents |
| PARTIALLY VERIFIED | Some support exists, not enough to fully confirm |
| SELLER-REPORTED | Stated by the seller, not independently confirmed |
| CONTRADICTED | The statement conflicts with available records |
Paired with a confidence level — High · Moderate · Low · Very low. Where the record cannot support a finding at all, the report is flagged and not scored. False comfort and false alarm are equal defects.
