Is PLACERVILLE, CITY OF - MAIN's water safe to drink?
PLACERVILLE, CITY OF - MAIN has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 9,224 people through 3,050 service connections.
PLACERVILLE, CITY OF - MAIN's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, PLACERVILLE, CITY OF - MAIN ranks 8,847th by violation burden (31th percentile) - 4 violations total, 1 health-based.
Against the CA average
CA's 803 covered systems average 5.8 health-based violations each; PLACERVILLE, CITY OF - MAIN carries 1, not more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
PLACERVILLE, CITY OF - MAIN's most recent violation on record is dated 2004-01-08, with the most recent health-based one dated 2004-01-08. Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
The concern categories on record
PLACERVILLE, CITY OF - MAIN'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 PLACERVILLE, CITY OF - MAIN's record does not cover
This is what PLACERVILLE, CITY OF - MAIN 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. This record - 1 health-based violation on file for PLACERVILLE, CITY OF - MAIN - 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.