Is MONTEREY WATER DEPT's water safe to drink?
MONTEREY WATER DEPT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 5,072 people through 2,140 service connections.
MONTEREY WATER DEPT's record against the rest of the country
61 total violations and 6 health-based ones put MONTEREY WATER DEPT at the 77th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 2,970 of 12,903.
Against the TN average
MONTEREY WATER DEPT's 6 health-based violations sit above the TN average of 4.8, across 318 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
MONTEREY WATER DEPT's most recent violation on record is dated 2021-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2020-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 05/14/2026.
The concern categories on record
MONTEREY 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); Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
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 MONTEREY WATER DEPT's record does not cover
Everything on this page is MONTEREY WATER DEPT's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and MONTEREY WATER DEPT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,970th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.