DrinkingWaterCheck

Is MONTARA WATER AND SANITARY DISTRICT's water safe to drink?

MONTARA WATER AND SANITARY DISTRICT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 6,078, over 1,698 connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

MONTARA WATER AND SANITARY DISTRICT has 5 violations on record in total, 3 of thems health-based - ranking it 5,537th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 57th percentile nationally.

Against the CA average

Among the 803 CA systems in this dataset, the average is 5.8 health-based violations - MONTARA WATER AND SANITARY DISTRICT's 3 is at or below that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.

Most recent violation on record

MONTARA WATER AND SANITARY DISTRICT's most recent violation on record is dated 2010-01-06, with the most recent health-based one dated 2010-01-06. Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.

The concern categories on record

MONTARA WATER AND SANITARY DISTRICT'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 MONTARA WATER AND SANITARY DISTRICT's record does not cover

This is what MONTARA WATER AND SANITARY DISTRICT reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. This record - 3 health-based violations on file for MONTARA WATER AND SANITARY DISTRICT - 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.