What's in SANTA CLARA CITY's water?

SANTA CLARA CITY's only violations on record are reporting or monitoring lapses, not a contaminant or treatment-technique failure EPA classifies as health-based. Population served: 9,000, over 3,284 connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

131 total violations and 0 health-based ones put SANTA CLARA CITY at the 27th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 9,356 of 12,903.

How SANTA CLARA CITY compares within UT

SANTA CLARA CITY's 0 health-based violations sit within the UT average of 2.8, across 145 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.

Most recent violation on record

The last violation EPA has on record for SANTA CLARA CITY is from 2025-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 06/17/2026.

What this data is and is not

This is what SANTA CLARA CITY 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 SANTA CLARA CITY's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 9,356th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.