PISMO BEACH WATER DEPARTMENT: EPA violation history, explained
PISMO BEACH WATER DEPARTMENT had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 8,036, over 5,335 connections.
PISMO BEACH WATER DEPARTMENT's record against the rest of the country
6 total violations and 4 health-based ones put PISMO BEACH WATER DEPARTMENT at the 65th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 4,546 of 12,903.
Against the CA average
Among the 803 CA systems in this dataset, the average is 5.8 health-based violations - PISMO BEACH WATER DEPARTMENT's 4 is at or below that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
PISMO BEACH WATER DEPARTMENT's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2024-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
The concern categories on record
PISMO BEACH WATER DEPARTMENT'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)
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
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 PISMO BEACH WATER DEPARTMENT's record does not cover
This is what PISMO BEACH WATER DEPARTMENT reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Between the utility's meter and PISMO BEACH WATER DEPARTMENT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,546th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.