Is MIL POTRERO MWC's water safe to drink?
MIL POTRERO MWC has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 2,200, over 2,404 connections.
MIL POTRERO MWC's record against the rest of the country
MIL POTRERO MWC has 15 violations on record in total, 9 of thems health-based - ranking it 2,239th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 83th percentile nationally.
How MIL POTRERO MWC compares within CA
CA's 803 covered systems average 5.8 health-based violations each; MIL POTRERO MWC carries 9, 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 MIL POTRERO MWC is from 2012-01-07 (health-based: 2012-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
MIL POTRERO MWC'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:
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Arsenic
The most severe category on record is other regulated metals, which points toward a reverse osmosis-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
Everything on this page is MIL POTRERO MWC'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 15 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.