PASADENA WATER AND POWER: EPA violation history, explained
PASADENA WATER AND POWER has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 164,344 people through 38,522 service connections.
How this compares nationally
4 total violations and 3 health-based ones put PASADENA WATER AND POWER at the 57th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,563 of 12,903.
Against the CA average
Among the 803 CA systems in this dataset, the average is 5.8 health-based violations - PASADENA WATER AND POWER's 3 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
PASADENA WATER AND POWER's most recent violation on record is dated 1999-01-04, with the most recent health-based one dated 1999-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
The concern categories on record
PASADENA WATER AND POWER'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 PASADENA WATER AND POWER's record does not cover
Everything on this page is PASADENA WATER AND POWER's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 3 health-based violations on file for PASADENA WATER AND POWER - 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.