Is CITY OF SANGER's water safe to drink?
CITY OF SANGER had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 26,357 people get their water from it, across 7,104 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
10 total violations and 7 health-based ones put CITY OF SANGER at the 78th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 2,855 of 12,903.
How CITY OF SANGER compares within CA
CA's 803 covered systems average 5.8 health-based violations each; CITY OF SANGER carries 7, more than typical for the state. 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 SANGER is from 2025-05-10 (health-based: 2025-05-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CITY OF SANGER'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)
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE
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 SANGER's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and CITY OF SANGER's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,855th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.