Placerville, City of - Main, CA Water Quality
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 804 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.