What's in ESCONDIDO, CITY OF's water?
ESCONDIDO, CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 137,044 people get their water from it, across 27,476 connections.
ESCONDIDO, CITY OF's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, ESCONDIDO, CITY OF ranks 9,173th by violation burden (29th percentile) - 1 violation total, 1 health-based.
How ESCONDIDO, CITY OF compares within CA
CA's 803 covered systems average 5.8 health-based violations each; ESCONDIDO, CITY OF carries 1, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for ESCONDIDO, CITY OF is from 2009-01-06 (health-based: 2009-01-06). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
ESCONDIDO, CITY OF'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
ESCONDIDO, CITY OF'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 ESCONDIDO, CITY OF's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 9,173th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.