DrinkingWaterCheck

Is CITY OF YUBA CITY's water safe to drink?

CITY OF YUBA CITY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 70,256 people through 19,116 service connections.

CITY OF YUBA CITY's record against the rest of the country

19 total violations and 17 health-based ones put CITY OF YUBA CITY at the 91th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,110 of 12,903.

Against the CA average

Among the 803 CA systems in this dataset, the average is 5.8 health-based violations - CITY OF YUBA CITY's 17 is above that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.

Most recent violation on record

CITY OF YUBA CITY's most recent violation on record is dated 2007-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2007-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.

The concern categories on record

CITY OF YUBA CITY'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:

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 YUBA CITY's record does not cover

Everything on this page is CITY OF YUBA CITY'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 YUBA CITY's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,110th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.