Is BAKERSFIELD, CITY OF's water safe to drink?
BAKERSFIELD, CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 160,144 people get their water from it, across 51,259 connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, BAKERSFIELD, CITY OF ranks 6,830th by violation burden (47th percentile) - 5 violations total, 2 health-baseds.
How BAKERSFIELD, CITY OF compares within CA
BAKERSFIELD, CITY OF's 2 health-based violations sit within the CA average of 5.8, across 803 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for BAKERSFIELD, CITY OF is from 2010-01-01 (health-based: 1992-01-11). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
BAKERSFIELD, CITY OF's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
This is what BAKERSFIELD, CITY OF reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Between the utility's meter and BAKERSFIELD, CITY OF's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 6,830th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.