Is VALLEY CENTER MWD's water safe to drink?
VALLEY CENTER MWD has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 29,938 people get their water from it, across 9,737 connections.
VALLEY CENTER MWD's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, VALLEY CENTER MWD ranks 6,848th by violation burden (47th percentile) - 5 violations total, 2 health-baseds.
How VALLEY CENTER MWD compares within CA
CA's 803 covered systems average 5.8 health-based violations each; VALLEY CENTER MWD 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
The last violation EPA has on record for VALLEY CENTER MWD is from 2000-01-07 (health-based: 2000-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
VALLEY CENTER MWD'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)
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
This is what VALLEY CENTER MWD 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. This record - 2 health-based violations on file for VALLEY CENTER MWD - 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.