SOLVANG WATER DIVISION: EPA violation history, explained
SOLVANG WATER DIVISION has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 6,126 people get their water from it, across 2,108 connections.
How this compares nationally
SOLVANG WATER DIVISION has 13 violations on record in total, 6 of thems health-based - ranking it 3,202th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 75th percentile nationally.
How SOLVANG WATER DIVISION compares within CA
SOLVANG WATER DIVISION's 6 health-based violations sit above the CA average of 5.8, across 803 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 SOLVANG WATER DIVISION is from 2023-01-09 (health-based: 1998-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
SOLVANG WATER DIVISION'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); 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 this data is and is not
Everything on this page is SOLVANG WATER DIVISION's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and SOLVANG WATER DIVISION's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 3,202th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.