Is GOLDEN STATE WATER COMPANY - NIPOMO's water safe to drink?
GOLDEN STATE WATER COMPANY - NIPOMO has no violations on record in EPA's SDWIS data. 4,506 people get their water from it, across 1,492 connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, GOLDEN STATE WATER COMPANY - NIPOMO ranks 12,762th by violation burden (1th percentile) - 0 violations total, 0 health-baseds.
How GOLDEN STATE WATER COMPANY - NIPOMO compares within CA
CA's 803 covered systems average 5.8 health-based violations each; GOLDEN STATE WATER COMPANY - NIPOMO carries 0, not more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Why "no violations" needs a caveat here
GOLDEN STATE WATER COMPANY - NIPOMO serves 4,506 people. EPA requires smaller systems to test less often than large ones, so a clean record here is real but weaker evidence than the same record on a system serving hundreds of thousands - fewer tests means fewer chances to catch a problem. See the guide to reading a clean record for what that does and does not tell you.
What this data is and is not
Everything on this page is GOLDEN STATE WATER COMPANY - NIPOMO'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 0 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.