Is CITY OF WHEATLAND's water safe to drink?
CITY OF WHEATLAND has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 4,124 people through 1,270 service connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, CITY OF WHEATLAND ranks 6,878th by violation burden (47th percentile) - 5 violations total, 2 health-baseds.
How CITY OF WHEATLAND compares within CA
CITY OF WHEATLAND's 2 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
The last violation EPA has on record for CITY OF WHEATLAND is from 2007-01-01 (health-based: 1997-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CITY OF WHEATLAND'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: Coliform (TCR)
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
This is what CITY OF WHEATLAND 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. Between the utility's meter and CITY OF WHEATLAND's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 6,878th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.