Is Cwsc Salinas Hills Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water
Ownership: Private
Counties served: Monterey

Compliance record

Formal violations the EPA has on file for this supplier. A health-based violation means a contaminant limit or a required treatment was breached; the rest are monitoring or reporting failures — still violations, but not a measured health risk.

health-based violations

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Archived	1985-08-01 → 1985-08-31

Other contaminants detected

Each bar shows the measured level as a share of the EPA limit: green is well under, amber is close to it, red is over. For lead and copper the limit applies to exactly the 90th-percentile figure shown, so red there means a real exceedance. For everything else the limit applies to a running annual average while the figure is the 95th percentile of this system's samples — over 100% is worth reading, but is not by itself a violation. Where a single sample came in higher than that percentile, it is noted under the bar. Formal violations are listed separately.

Contaminant	Level vs EPA limit	Detection rate	Source	Period
Nitrate	3504.35 µg/L 35% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 4972 µg/L	118/118	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.00090 mg/L 6% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	70/70	LCR	2025
Arsenic	3.6 µg/L 36% of the EPA limit 10 µg/L worst single sample: 19 µg/L	21/34	SYR4	2012–2019
Fluoride	344 µg/L 8.6% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 380 µg/L	19/19	SYR4	2012–2019
Combined Uranium	14.93 µg/L 50% of the EPA limit 30 µg/L worst single sample: 15 µg/L	15/15	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	5.6195 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5.9 µg/L	12/12	SYR4	2014–2019
TTHM	13.1635 µg/L 16% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 14.83 µg/L	12/12	SYR4	2014–2019
Lithium	31.9 µg/L No EPA limit set	12/12	UCMR-5	2024
Copper	56.736 µg/L 4.4% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 81 µg/L	10/125	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	5.2865 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5.84 µg/L	10/12	SYR4	2014–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	445400 µg/L 4454% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 740000 µg/L	9/9	SYR4	2014–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	3.3 µg/L No EPA limit set	8/12	SYR4	2014–2019
Antimony, Total	0.0339 µg/L 0.6% of the EPA limit 6 µg/L worst single sample: 0.0390 µg/L	7/26	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	2.111 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.42 µg/L	7/12	SYR4	2014–2019
Cadmium	0.1302 µg/L 2.6% of the EPA limit 5 µg/L worst single sample: 0.1590 µg/L	7/26	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.2971 µg/L 2% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 0.3400 µg/L	7/111	SYR4	2012–2019
Chromium	49.855 µg/L 50% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L worst single sample: 58 µg/L	4/22	SYR4	2012–2019
Barium	51.3194 µg/L 2.6% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 52.094 µg/L	3/22	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	3.3 µg/L 5.5% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L	3/12	SYR4	2014–2019
Selenium	5.1589 µg/L 10% of the EPA limit 50 µg/L worst single sample: 5.221 µg/L	2/21	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	0.6700 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/12	SYR4	2014–2019

89 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane11Cl-PF3OUdS2,3,7,8-TCDD2,4,5-TP2,4-D4:2 Fts6:2 Fts8:2 Fts9Cl-PF3ONSAdonaAtrazineBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCyanideCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDichloroacetic AcidDinosebDiquatEthylene DibromideEndothallEndrinEthylbenzeneGlyphosateHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorMonobromoacetic AcidMonochloroacetic AcidNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitriteOxamylPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)ToxapheneTrichloroacetic AcidTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: JAMES, SOPHIE
Phone: 408-367-8593
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Cwsc Salinas Hills

Is Cwsc Salinas Hills tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 21 contaminants in Cwsc Salinas Hills's water. A detection isn't the same as a violation — most levels are within federal limits. See each level and source above, and the utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report for its official compliance status.

What contaminants were detected in Cwsc Salinas Hills's water?

EPA monitoring detected Nitrate, Lead, Arsenic, Fluoride, Combined Uranium, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Cwsc Salinas Hills serve?

Cwsc Salinas Hills reports serving 5,293 people in California, per its EPA record.

Has Cwsc Salinas Hills had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 1 violation on file for Cwsc Salinas Hills, of which 1 is health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 0 remain open. The rest are monitoring or reporting failures.

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is official EPA drinking-water monitoring — the Lead & Copper Rule, the UCMR-5 nationwide testing program, and the EPA Six-Year Review — not our own testing. Each number is labelled with its source and period.