MANHATTAN BEACH-CITY, WATER DEPT.: EPA violation history, explained
MANHATTAN BEACH-CITY, WATER DEPT. has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 32,697 people get their water from it, across 13,444 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
3 total violations and 1 health-based ones put MANHATTAN BEACH-CITY, WATER DEPT. at the 31th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 8,954 of 12,903.
How MANHATTAN BEACH-CITY, WATER DEPT. compares within CA
MANHATTAN BEACH-CITY, WATER DEPT.'s 1 health-based violations sit within the CA average of 5.8, across 803 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for MANHATTAN BEACH-CITY, WATER DEPT. is from 1998-01-10 (health-based: 1998-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
MANHATTAN BEACH-CITY, WATER DEPT.'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
Everything on this page is MANHATTAN BEACH-CITY, WATER DEPT.'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 3 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.