Is CITY OF SACRAMENTO MAIN's water safe to drink?
CITY OF SACRAMENTO MAIN has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 527,979, over 146,932 connections.
CITY OF SACRAMENTO MAIN's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, CITY OF SACRAMENTO MAIN ranks 7,045th by violation burden (45th percentile) - 2 violations total, 2 health-baseds.
Against the CA average
CA's 803 covered systems average 5.8 health-based violations each; CITY OF SACRAMENTO MAIN carries 2, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
CITY OF SACRAMENTO MAIN's most recent violation on record is dated 1993-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 1993-01-10. Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
The concern categories on record
CITY OF SACRAMENTO MAIN'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 SACRAMENTO MAIN's record does not cover
CITY OF SACRAMENTO MAIN'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. Between the utility's meter and CITY OF SACRAMENTO MAIN's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 7,045th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.