Community Water System · PWSID CA2702409

El Camino Wc Inc

Serves 133 peopleGroundwaterOwner: PrivateSalinas, California
1 open treatment violation.

Open for: Lead service line inventory. EPA counts treatment-technique violations as health-based: a required protective step was not done. It is not a measurement of contamination.

On record since 2004: 41 violations. 34 over the limit · 1 treatment lapse · 3 missed or late tests · 3 notices or reports. Most recent began 2024-10-17.

For this year's test results, ask the utility for its annual Consumer Confidence Report. Every community system must publish one.

34Over the limit
1Treatment lapse1 open
3Missed or late test
3Notice or report1 open

More violations on record than 97% 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 · Missed or late test: 12005 · Missed or late test: 120052006 · Missed or late test: 120102013 · Over the limit: 22013 · Over the limit: 22013 · Notice or report: 12014 · Over the limit: 32014 · Over the limit: 32014 · Over the limit: 32015 · Over the limit: 42015 · Over the limit: 42015 · Over the limit: 42015 · Over the limit: 42015 · Notice or report: 120152016 · 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: 42018 · Over the limit: 42018 · Over the limit: 42018 · Over the limit: 42019 · Over the limit: 42019 · Over the limit: 42019 · Over the limit: 42019 · Over the limit: 42020 · 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: 12024 · Treatment lapse: 12024 · Notice or report: 12025
One square = one violation, by the year it began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
83% over the limit · 342% treatment lapse · 17% missed or late test · 37% 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×+Nitrate2022-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 22.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (2.2×)2021-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 21.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (2.1×)2021-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 22.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (2.2×)2021-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 22.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (2.2×)2021-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 29.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (2.9×)2020-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 21.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (2.1×)2020-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 21.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (2.1×)2020-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 22.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (2.2×)2020-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 21.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (2.1×)2019-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 22.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (2.2×)2019-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 31.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (3.1×)2019-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 18.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.8×)2019-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 19.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.9×)2018-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 20.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (2.0×)2018-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 20.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (2.0×)2018-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 23.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (2.3×)2018-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 19.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.9×)2017-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 20.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (2.0×)2017-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 19.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.9×)2017-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 19.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.9×)2017-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 56.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (5.6×)2016-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 26.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (2.6×)2016-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 18.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.8×)2016-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 20.60 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (2.1×)2016-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 21.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (2.1×)2015-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 17.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.7×)2015-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 44.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (4.4×)2015-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 79.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (1.8×)2015-01-01 · Nitrate: measured 68.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (1.5×)2014-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 104.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (2.3×)2014-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 73.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (1.6×)2014-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 57.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (1.3×)2013-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 58.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (1.3×)2013-04-01 · Nitrate: measured 58.00 MG/L vs limit 45.00 MG/L (1.3×)
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 3 results on file · action level 15 ppb

2.3 ppb
0.7 ppb
0 ppb

Open now (2)

  1. 2024-10-17Lead service line inventoryRPTOpen
  2. 2024-10-17Lead service line inventoryTTOpen

Every violation on record

  1. 2024-10-17Lead service line inventoryRPTOpen
  2. 2024-10-17Lead service line inventoryTTOpen
  3. 2022-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 22.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  4. 2021-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 21.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  5. 2021-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 22.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  6. 2021-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 22.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  7. 2021-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 29.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  8. 2020-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 21.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  9. 2020-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 21.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  10. 2020-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 22.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  11. 2020-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 21.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  12. 2019-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 22.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  13. 2019-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 31.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  14. 2019-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 18.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  15. 2019-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 19.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  16. 2018-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 20.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  17. 2018-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 20.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  18. 2018-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 23.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  19. 2018-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 19.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  20. 2017-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 20.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  21. 2017-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 19.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  22. 2017-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 19.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  23. 2017-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 56.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  24. 2016-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 26.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  25. 2016-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 18.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
Show the other 16 entries
  1. 2016-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 20.60 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  2. 2016-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 21.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  3. 2015-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 17.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  4. 2015-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 44.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  5. 2015-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 79.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  6. 2015-01-01NitrateNotification, StateBack in compliance
  7. 2015-01-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 68.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  8. 2014-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 104.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  9. 2014-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 73.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  10. 2014-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 57.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  11. 2013-10-01NitrateNotification, StateBack in compliance
  12. 2013-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 58.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  13. 2013-04-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 58.00 MG/L · limit 45.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  14. 2006-04-01NitrateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  15. 2005-07-01NitrateMonitoring, RegularBack in compliance
  16. 2004-10-01NitrateMonitoring, Check/Repeat/ConfirmationBack in compliance

System details

Population served133
Service connections21
Water sourceGroundwater
System typeCommunity Water System
OwnerPrivate
StatusActive
CitySalinas
EPA ZIP on file93908

Areas served

  • Monterey County

Reading this record

El Camino Wc Inc is a community water system that draws from groundwater and serves about 133 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.