Is CARMICHAEL WATER DISTRICT's water safe to drink?
CARMICHAEL WATER DISTRICT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 41,193 people through 11,757 service connections.
CARMICHAEL WATER DISTRICT's record against the rest of the country
CARMICHAEL WATER DISTRICT has 3 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 8,950th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 31th percentile nationally.
How CARMICHAEL WATER DISTRICT compares within CA
Among the 803 CA systems in this dataset, the average is 5.8 health-based violations - CARMICHAEL WATER DISTRICT's 1 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for CARMICHAEL WATER DISTRICT is from 2025-01-07 (health-based: 1993-01-06). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CARMICHAEL WATER DISTRICT'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: Surface Water Treatment Rule
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 CARMICHAEL WATER DISTRICT 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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 3 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.