What's in SOUTH GATE-CITY, WATER DEPT.'s water?
SOUTH GATE-CITY, WATER DEPT. has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 76,443 people get their water from it, across 14,442 connections.
SOUTH GATE-CITY, WATER DEPT.'s record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, SOUTH GATE-CITY, WATER DEPT. ranks 5,873th by violation burden (54th percentile) - 60 violations total, 2 health-baseds.
Against the CA average
CA's 803 covered systems average 5.8 health-based violations each; SOUTH GATE-CITY, WATER DEPT. carries 2, not more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
SOUTH GATE-CITY, WATER DEPT.'s most recent violation on record is dated 2018-01-04, with the most recent health-based one dated 2004-01-09. Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
The concern categories on record
SOUTH GATE-CITY, WATER DEPT.'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)
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Chromium
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 SOUTH GATE-CITY, WATER DEPT.'s record does not cover
SOUTH GATE-CITY, WATER DEPT.'s numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 60 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.