Is CITY OF FULLERTON's water safe to drink?
CITY OF FULLERTON has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 139,461 people through 31,185 service connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, CITY OF FULLERTON ranks 6,831th by violation burden (47th percentile) - 5 violations total, 2 health-baseds.
Against the CA average
Among the 803 CA systems in this dataset, the average is 5.8 health-based violations - CITY OF FULLERTON's 2 is at or below that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
CITY OF FULLERTON's most recent violation on record is dated 2017-01-12, with the most recent health-based one dated 2017-01-12. Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
The concern categories on record
CITY OF FULLERTON'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); Revised Total Coliform 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 CITY OF FULLERTON's record does not cover
Everything on this page is CITY OF FULLERTON's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 2 health-based violations on file for CITY OF FULLERTON - 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.