Morro Bay Pw Dept - Water Division, CA Water Quality
What's in Morro Bay Pw Dept - Water Division's water?
Morro Bay Pw Dept - Water Division has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 13,757, over 5,612 connections.
Morro Bay Pw Dept - Water Division's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, Morro Bay Pw Dept - Water Division ranks 3,835th by violation burden (70th percentile) - 6 violations total, 5 health-based.
How Morro Bay Pw Dept - Water Division compares within CA
Morro Bay Pw Dept - Water Division's 5 health-based violations sit within the CA average of 5.8, across 804 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for Morro Bay Pw Dept - Water Division is from 2006-01-11 (health-based: 2006-01-11). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
Morro Bay Pw Dept - Water Division'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
- Nitrate / nitrite - flagged from: Nitrate
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 Morro Bay Pw Dept - Water Division'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 6 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.