Public water system record
Santa Lucia Preserve WS
Serves an area of Monterey County, CA · 966 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for Santa Lucia Preserve WS in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 1
Key facts
- Santa Lucia Preserve WS draws water from 35 wells (2 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by California, February 2024.
- Record on file since 2002, with 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 184 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.
None since October 2016.
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2023 | Resolved |
Full record since 2002
EPA's records for Santa Lucia Preserve WS go back to 2002. Before October 19, 2016 they list 2 health-based violations (2 resolved) and 10 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2 | 7 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020s | 0 | 1 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began December 2002, Resolved.
Show all 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Dec 1, 2002 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Nov 1, 2002 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
California regulators took 4 formal enforcement actions against Santa Lucia Preserve WS between 2012 and 2024. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in February 2024.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 2024 | California | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Nitrate |
| May 6, 2016 | California | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Total Coliform |
| Apr 11, 2016 | California | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Nitrate |
| Mar 19, 2012 | California | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Nitrate |
Where the water comes from
Santa Lucia Preserve WS draws water from 35 wells (2 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
Annual water quality report
Santa Lucia Preserve WS must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.
Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.
Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search
Testing your own water
To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by California.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells