Is WINTON WATER & SANITARY DIST's water safe to drink?
WINTON WATER & SANITARY DIST has at least one health-based violation EPA's ECHO database still lists as unaddressed - the required fix has not been reported complete. It serves 9,745 people through 2,831 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, WINTON WATER & SANITARY DIST ranks 3,770th by violation burden (71th percentile) - 9 violations total, 5 health-baseds.
How WINTON WATER & SANITARY DIST compares within CA
CA's 803 covered systems average 5.8 health-based violations each; WINTON WATER & SANITARY DIST carries 5, not more than typical for the state. 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 WINTON WATER & SANITARY DIST is from 2025-05-10 (health-based: 2025-05-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
WINTON WATER & SANITARY 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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
Everything on this page is WINTON WATER & SANITARY DIST'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 WINTON WATER & SANITARY DIST's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 3,770th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.