Community Water System · PWSID CA2701926

Moro Rd Ws #09

Serves 210 peopleGroundwaterOwner: PrivateSalinas, California
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On record since 2016: 36 violations. 36 over the limit. Most recent began 2024-10-01.

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

36Over the limit
0Treatment lapse
0Missed or late test
0Notice or report

More violations on record than 96% 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

2005201020152016 · 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: 42022 · Over the limit: 42022 · Over the limit: 42022 · Over the limit: 42023 · Over the limit: 42023 · Over the limit: 42023 · Over the limit: 42023 · Over the limit: 42024 · Over the limit: 42024 · Over the limit: 42024 · Over the limit: 42024 · Over the limit: 42025
One square = one violation, by the year it began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
100% over the limit · 36

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×+Arsenic2024-10-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0250 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (2.5×)2024-07-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0240 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (2.4×)2024-04-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0210 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (2.1×)2024-01-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0200 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (2.0×)2023-10-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0210 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (2.1×)2023-07-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0190 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.9×)2023-04-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0200 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (2.0×)2023-01-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0210 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (2.1×)2022-10-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0150 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.5×)2022-07-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0160 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.6×)2022-04-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0160 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.6×)2022-01-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0140 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.4×)2021-10-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0390 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (3.9×)2021-07-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0350 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (3.5×)2021-04-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0110 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.1×)2021-01-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0280 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (2.8×)2020-10-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0380 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (3.8×)2020-07-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0320 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (3.2×)2020-04-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0340 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (3.4×)2020-01-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0420 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (4.2×)2019-10-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0420 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (4.2×)2019-07-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0420 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (4.2×)2019-04-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0470 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (4.7×)2019-01-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0420 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (4.2×)2018-10-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0330 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (3.3×)2018-07-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0270 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (2.7×)2018-04-04 · Arsenic: measured 0.0220 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (2.2×)2018-01-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0150 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.5×)2017-10-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0210 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (2.1×)2017-07-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0320 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (3.2×)2017-04-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0250 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (2.5×)2017-01-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0180 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.8×)2016-10-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0210 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (2.1×)2016-07-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0210 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (2.1×)2016-04-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0190 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.9×)2016-01-01 · Arsenic: measured 0.0190 MG/L vs limit 0.0100 MG/L (1.9×)
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

9 ppb
2.5 ppb
2.3 ppb

Every violation on record

  1. 2024-10-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0250 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  2. 2024-07-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0240 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  3. 2024-04-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0210 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  4. 2024-01-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0200 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  5. 2023-10-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0210 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  6. 2023-07-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0190 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  7. 2023-04-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0200 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  8. 2023-01-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0210 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  9. 2022-10-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0150 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  10. 2022-07-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0160 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  11. 2022-04-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0160 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  12. 2022-01-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0140 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  13. 2021-10-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0390 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  14. 2021-07-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0350 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  15. 2021-04-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0110 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  16. 2021-01-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0280 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  17. 2020-10-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0380 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  18. 2020-07-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0320 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  19. 2020-04-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0340 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  20. 2020-01-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0420 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  21. 2019-10-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0420 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  22. 2019-07-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0420 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  23. 2019-04-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0470 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  24. 2019-01-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0420 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  25. 2018-10-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0330 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
Show the other 11 entries
  1. 2018-07-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0270 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  2. 2018-04-04ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0220 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  3. 2018-01-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0150 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  4. 2017-10-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0210 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  5. 2017-07-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0320 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  6. 2017-04-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0250 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  7. 2017-01-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0180 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  8. 2016-10-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0210 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  9. 2016-07-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0210 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  10. 2016-04-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0190 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  11. 2016-01-01ArsenicMCL, Averagemeasured 0.0190 MG/L · limit 0.0100 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file

System details

Population served210
Service connections65
Water sourceGroundwater
System typeCommunity Water System
OwnerPrivate
StatusActive
CitySalinas
EPA ZIP on file93907

Areas served

  • Monterey County

Reading this record

Moro Rd Ws #09 is a community water system that draws from groundwater and serves about 210 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.