Is CALIFORNIA INSTITUTION FOR MEN's water safe to drink?
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTION FOR MEN had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 10,667, over 1,912 connections.
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTION FOR MEN's record against the rest of the country
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTION FOR MEN has 18 violations on record in total, 9 of thems health-based - ranking it 2,208th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 83th percentile nationally.
How CALIFORNIA INSTITUTION FOR MEN compares within CA
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTION FOR MEN's 9 health-based violations sit above 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 CALIFORNIA INSTITUTION FOR MEN is from 2022-09-06 (health-based: 2022-09-06). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTION FOR MEN'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); Groundwater Rule
- Nitrate / nitrite - flagged from: Nitrate
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
Everything on this page is CALIFORNIA INSTITUTION FOR MEN's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 9 health-based violations on file for CALIFORNIA INSTITUTION FOR MEN - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.