CITY OF PASO ROBLES WATER DIVISION: EPA violation history, explained
CITY OF PASO ROBLES WATER DIVISION has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 31,176 people get their water from it, across 10,867 connections.
CITY OF PASO ROBLES WATER DIVISION's record against the rest of the country
CITY OF PASO ROBLES WATER DIVISION has 5 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 8,666th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 33th percentile nationally.
Against the CA average
CITY OF PASO ROBLES WATER DIVISION's 1 health-based violations sit within 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
CITY OF PASO ROBLES WATER DIVISION's most recent violation on record is dated 2015-01-06, with the most recent health-based one dated 1993-01-06. Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
The concern categories on record
CITY OF PASO ROBLES WATER DIVISION'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 CITY OF PASO ROBLES WATER DIVISION's record does not cover
This is what CITY OF PASO ROBLES WATER DIVISION 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 5 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.