Is SOUTH MONTEBELLO IRRIGATION DIST.'s water safe to drink?
SOUTH MONTEBELLO IRRIGATION DIST. has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 15,021, over 2,351 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, SOUTH MONTEBELLO IRRIGATION DIST. ranks 6,767th by violation burden (48th percentile) - 6 violations total, 2 health-baseds.
Against the CA average
Among the 803 CA systems in this dataset, the average is 5.8 health-based violations - SOUTH MONTEBELLO IRRIGATION DIST.'s 2 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
SOUTH MONTEBELLO IRRIGATION DIST.'s most recent violation on record is dated 2021-01-06, with the most recent health-based one dated 2008-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
The concern categories on record
SOUTH MONTEBELLO IRRIGATION DIST.'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: Arsenic
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 MONTEBELLO IRRIGATION DIST.'s record does not cover
SOUTH MONTEBELLO IRRIGATION DIST.'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. This record - 2 health-based violations on file for SOUTH MONTEBELLO IRRIGATION DIST. - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.