Is CITY OF SANTA MARIA UTILITIES DEPARTMENT's water safe to drink?

CITY OF SANTA MARIA UTILITIES DEPARTMENT's only violations on record are reporting or monitoring lapses, not a contaminant or treatment-technique failure EPA classifies as health-based. It serves 109,477 people through 22,566 service connections.

How this compares nationally

6 total violations and 0 health-based ones put CITY OF SANTA MARIA UTILITIES DEPARTMENT at the 16th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 10,901 of 12,903.

How CITY OF SANTA MARIA UTILITIES DEPARTMENT compares within CA

Among the 803 CA systems in this dataset, the average is 5.8 health-based violations - CITY OF SANTA MARIA UTILITIES DEPARTMENT's 0 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.

Most recent violation on record

The last violation EPA has on record for CITY OF SANTA MARIA UTILITIES DEPARTMENT is from 2016-01-10. Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.

What this data is and is not

Everything on this page is CITY OF SANTA MARIA UTILITIES DEPARTMENT's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 6 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.