CITY OF ALTURAS: EPA violation history, explained
CITY OF ALTURAS has at least one health-based violation EPA's ECHO database still lists as unaddressed - the required fix has not been reported complete. Population served: 2,715, over 1,481 connections.
How this compares nationally
CITY OF ALTURAS has 8 violations on record in total, 6 of thems health-based - ranking it 3,291th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 75th percentile nationally.
How CITY OF ALTURAS compares within CA
CITY OF ALTURAS's 6 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 CITY OF ALTURAS is from 2025-05-10 (health-based: 2025-05-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CITY OF ALTURAS'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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
Everything on this page is CITY OF ALTURAS's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 6 health-based violations on file for CITY OF ALTURAS - 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.