What's in NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER's water?
NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 16,273 people through 288 service connections.
How this compares nationally
NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER has 2 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 9,104th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 29th percentile nationally.
How NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER compares within CA
NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER's 1 health-based violations sit within the CA average of 5.8, across 803 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 NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER is from 2015-01-03 (health-based: 2015-01-03). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER'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: Surface Water Treatment Rule
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 NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 1 health-based violation on file for NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER - 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.