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CITY OF MODESTO - SALIDA: EPA violation history, explained

CITY OF MODESTO - SALIDA has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 14,537 people get their water from it, across 4,417 connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

CITY OF MODESTO - SALIDA has 13 violations on record in total, 3 of thems health-based - ranking it 5,173th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 60th percentile nationally.

How CITY OF MODESTO - SALIDA compares within CA

Among the 803 CA systems in this dataset, the average is 5.8 health-based violations - CITY OF MODESTO - SALIDA's 3 is at or below that. 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 MODESTO - SALIDA is from 2015-01-08 (health-based: 2015-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

CITY OF MODESTO - SALIDA'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:

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

CITY OF MODESTO - SALIDA's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 13 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.