Is SANTA MONICA-CITY, WATER DIVISION's water safe to drink?

SANTA MONICA-CITY, WATER DIVISION's only violations on record are reporting or monitoring lapses, not a contaminant or treatment-technique failure EPA classifies as health-based. 89,947 people get their water from it, across 16,884 connections.

How this compares nationally

SANTA MONICA-CITY, WATER DIVISION has 1 violation on record in total, 0 of thems health-based - ranking it 12,247th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 5th percentile nationally.

Against the CA average

CA's 803 covered systems average 5.8 health-based violations each; SANTA MONICA-CITY, WATER DIVISION carries 0, not more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.

What SANTA MONICA-CITY, WATER DIVISION's record does not cover

This is what SANTA MONICA-CITY, WATER DIVISION 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 MONICA-CITY, WATER DIVISION's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 12,247th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.