What's in ORCHARD DALE WATER DISTRICT's water?
ORCHARD DALE WATER DISTRICT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 25,000 people get their water from it, across 4,346 connections.
ORCHARD DALE WATER DISTRICT's record against the rest of the country
5 total violations and 4 health-based ones put ORCHARD DALE WATER DISTRICT at the 65th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 4,561 of 12,903.
Against the CA average
Among the 803 CA systems in this dataset, the average is 5.8 health-based violations - ORCHARD DALE WATER DISTRICT's 4 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
ORCHARD DALE WATER DISTRICT's most recent violation on record is dated 2020-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2008-01-11. Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
The concern categories on record
ORCHARD DALE WATER 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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
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 ORCHARD DALE WATER DISTRICT's record does not cover
ORCHARD DALE WATER DISTRICT's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 5 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.