Non-Transient Non-Community · PWSID CA2702616

Altman Plants Ws #02 - Spence 20140

Serves 25 peopleGroundwaterOwner: PrivateSalinas, California
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On record since 2004: 58 violations. 49 over the limit · 6 missed or late tests · 3 notices or reports. Most recent began 2022-04-01.

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49Over the limit
0Treatment lapse
6Missed or late test
3Notice or report

More violations on record than 98% of active water systems in California. Small systems with no staff chemist often rack up missed-test violations; big utilities rarely do.

The record, year by year

2004 · Over the limit: 1200520102011 · Missed or late test: 32011 · Missed or late test: 32011 · Missed or late test: 32012 · Over the limit: 32012 · Over the limit: 32012 · Over the limit: 32013 · Over the limit: 42013 · Over the limit: 42013 · Over the limit: 42013 · Over the limit: 42013 · Missed or late test: 22013 · Missed or late test: 22013 · Notice or report: 32013 · Notice or report: 32013 · Notice or report: 32014 · Over the limit: 32014 · Over the limit: 32014 · Over the limit: 32014 · Missed or late test: 12015 · Over the limit: 42015 · Over the limit: 42015 · Over the limit: 42015 · Over the limit: 420152016 · Over the limit: 42016 · Over the limit: 42016 · Over the limit: 42016 · Over the limit: 42017 · Over the limit: 42017 · Over the limit: 42017 · Over the limit: 42017 · Over the limit: 42018 · Over the limit: 82018 · Over the limit: 82018 · Over the limit: 82018 · Over the limit: 82018 · Over the limit: 82018 · Over the limit: 82018 · Over the limit: 82018 · Over the limit: 82019 · Over the limit: 82019 · Over the limit: 82019 · Over the limit: 82019 · Over the limit: 82019 · Over the limit: 82019 · Over the limit: 82019 · Over the limit: 82019 · Over the limit: 82020 · Over the limit: 42020 · Over the limit: 42020 · Over the limit: 42020 · Over the limit: 420202021 · Over the limit: 42021 · Over the limit: 42021 · Over the limit: 42021 · Over the limit: 42022 · Over the limit: 22022 · Over the limit: 22025
One square = one violation, by the year it began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
84% over the limit · 4910% missed or late test · 65% notice or report · 3

Across California, 52% of violations are missed or late tests and 29% are water over a limit.

How far over the limit

at the limit2×5×10×100×+Nitrate1,2,3-Trichloropropane2022-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 50.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (5.0×)2022-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 52.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (5.2×)2021-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 57.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (5.7×)2021-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 52.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (5.2×)2021-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 50.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (5.0×)2021-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 47.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (4.7×)2020-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 56.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (5.6×)2020-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 77.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (7.7×)2020-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 58.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (5.8×)2020-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 53.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (5.3×)2019-10-01 · 1,2,3-Trichloropropane: measured 0.000064 MG/L vs limit 0.000005 MG/L (12.8×)2019-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 52.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (5.2×)2019-07-01 · 1,2,3-Trichloropropane: measured 0.000059 MG/L vs limit 0.000005 MG/L (11.8×)2019-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 62.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (6.2×)2019-04-01 · 1,2,3-Trichloropropane: measured 0.000059 MG/L vs limit 0.000005 MG/L (11.8×)2019-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 61.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (6.1×)2019-01-01 · 1,2,3-Trichloropropane: measured 0.000056 MG/L vs limit 0.000005 MG/L (11.2×)2019-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 54.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (5.4×)2018-10-01 · 1,2,3-Trichloropropane: measured 0.000059 MG/L vs limit 0.000005 MG/L (11.8×)2018-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 56.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (5.6×)2018-07-01 · 1,2,3-Trichloropropane: measured 0.000061 MG/L vs limit 0.000005 MG/L (12.2×)2018-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 63.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (6.3×)2018-04-01 · 1,2,3-Trichloropropane: measured 0.000063 MG/L vs limit 0.000005 MG/L (12.7×)2018-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 53.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (5.3×)2018-01-01 · 1,2,3-Trichloropropane: measured 0.000067 MG/L vs limit 0.000005 MG/L (13.4×)2018-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 70.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (7.0×)2017-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 76.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (7.6×)2017-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 54.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (5.4×)2017-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 57.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (5.7×)2017-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 78.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (7.8×)2016-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 66.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (6.6×)2016-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 67.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (6.7×)2016-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 57.90 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (5.8×)2016-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 56.60 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (5.7×)2015-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 67.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (6.7×)2015-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 68.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (6.8×)2015-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 305.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (6.8×)2015-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 232.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (5.2×)2014-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 207.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (4.6×)2014-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 247.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (5.5×)2014-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 226.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (5.0×)2013-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 257.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (5.7×)2013-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 336.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (7.5×)2013-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 296.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (6.6×)2013-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 192.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (4.3×)2012-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 214.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (4.8×)2012-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 350.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (7.8×)2012-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 229.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (5.1×)2004-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 167.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (3.7×)
Each dot is one over-the-limit violation: the measured value divided by the limit it broke, on a log scale. Most legal limits for chemicals are running averages set for a lifetime of drinking, so “just over” and “ten times over” are very different news. Hover a dot for the numbers.

Lead & copper at the tap

Utilities sample taps in homes most likely to have lead pipes, and report the 90th-percentile result: 9 in 10 homes sampled came in at or below this number. Above the red line (the action level) the utility must act. The action level is not a safe level; EPA's health goal for lead is zero. EPA's file does not date these results, so they are shown highest first.

Lead, 90th percentile 4 results on file · action level 15 ppb

12 ppb
11.1 ppb
0 ppb
0 ppb

Every violation on record

  1. 2022-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 50.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  2. 2022-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 52.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  3. 2021-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 57.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  4. 2021-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 52.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  5. 2021-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 50.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  6. 2021-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 47.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  7. 2020-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 56.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  8. 2020-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 77.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  9. 2020-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 58.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  10. 2020-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 53.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  11. 2019-10-011,2,3-TrichloropropaneMCL, Averagemeasured 0.000064 MG/L · limit 0.000005 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  12. 2019-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 52.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  13. 2019-07-011,2,3-TrichloropropaneMCL, Averagemeasured 0.000059 MG/L · limit 0.000005 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  14. 2019-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 62.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  15. 2019-04-011,2,3-TrichloropropaneMCL, Averagemeasured 0.000059 MG/L · limit 0.000005 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  16. 2019-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 61.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  17. 2019-01-011,2,3-TrichloropropaneMCL, Averagemeasured 0.000056 MG/L · limit 0.000005 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  18. 2019-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 54.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  19. 2018-10-011,2,3-TrichloropropaneMCL, Averagemeasured 0.000059 MG/L · limit 0.000005 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  20. 2018-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 56.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  21. 2018-07-011,2,3-TrichloropropaneMCL, Averagemeasured 0.000061 MG/L · limit 0.000005 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  22. 2018-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 63.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  23. 2018-04-011,2,3-TrichloropropaneMCL, Averagemeasured 0.000063 MG/L · limit 0.000005 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  24. 2018-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 53.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  25. 2018-01-011,2,3-TrichloropropaneMCL, Averagemeasured 0.000067 MG/L · limit 0.000005 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
Show the other 33 entries
  1. 2018-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 70.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  2. 2017-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 76.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  3. 2017-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 54.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  4. 2017-04-01NitrateMCL, Averagemeasured 57.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  5. 2017-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 78.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  6. 2016-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 66.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  7. 2016-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 67.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  8. 2016-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 57.90 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  9. 2016-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 56.60 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  10. 2015-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 67.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  11. 2015-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 68.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  12. 2015-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 305.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  13. 2015-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 232.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  14. 2014-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 207.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  15. 2014-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 247.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  16. 2014-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 226.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  17. 2014-01-01NitrateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  18. 2013-11-01NitrateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  19. 2013-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 257.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  20. 2013-08-01NitrateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  21. 2013-07-01NitrateNotification, StateBack in compliance
  22. 2013-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 336.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  23. 2013-04-01NitrateNotification, StateBack in compliance
  24. 2013-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 296.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  25. 2013-01-01NitrateNotification, StateBack in compliance
  26. 2013-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 192.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  27. 2012-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 214.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  28. 2012-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 350.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  29. 2012-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 229.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  30. 2011-10-01NitrateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  31. 2011-07-01NitrateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  32. 2011-04-01NitrateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  33. 2004-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 167.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance

System details

Population served25
Service connections4
Water sourceGroundwater
System typeNon-Transient Non-Community
OwnerPrivate
StatusActive
CitySalinas
EPA ZIP on file93907

Areas served

  • Monterey County

Reading this record

Altman Plants Ws #02 - Spence 20140 is a non-transient non-community that draws from groundwater and serves about 25 people in Salinas, California. Everything above comes from the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), where states report every violation by every public water system.

Four kinds of violation. Only one is a measurement of the water: over the limit means a test came back above a legal maximum (an MCL). A treatment lapse means a required protective step was not done, such as disinfection, filtration, fixing a defect an inspector found, or filing a lead-pipe inventory. A missed or late test means a required test was skipped or never reported. That is the most common kind, and the most misread: it does not mean the water was bad, and it does not mean the water was fine. Notices and reports covers public notices and the annual Consumer Confidence Report.

Status. “Back in compliance” means the state recorded a return to compliance. “Period ended” means the violation's compliance period is over but no return to compliance was ever filed, which is common in older records. EPA's federal copy lags state records by months, so call the utility for anything current.