DrinkingWaterCheck

Is GONZALES, CITY OF's water safe to drink?

GONZALES, CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 8,327, over 1,899 connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

GONZALES, CITY OF has 12 violations on record in total, 6 of thems health-based - ranking it 3,221th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 75th percentile nationally.

Against the CA average

GONZALES, CITY OF's 6 health-based violations sit above 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

GONZALES, CITY OF's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-09-08, with the most recent health-based one dated 1999-01-05. Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.

The concern categories on record

GONZALES, 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:

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 GONZALES, CITY OF's record does not cover

Everything on this page is GONZALES, CITY OF's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 6 health-based violations on file for GONZALES, CITY OF - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.