What's in SALINAS URBANO's water?
SALINAS URBANO has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 8,977, over 3,362 connections.
How this compares nationally
SALINAS URBANO has 201 violations on record in total, 33 of thems health-based - ranking it 493th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 96th percentile nationally.
Against the PR average
SALINAS URBANO's 33 health-based violations sit within the PR average of 46.1, across 103 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
SALINAS URBANO's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2014-01-08. Last reported to EPA: 06/05/2026.
The concern categories on record
SALINAS URBANO'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 SALINAS URBANO's record does not cover
This is what SALINAS URBANO 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 SALINAS URBANO's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 493th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.