Public water system record
Alco Water Service
Serves Salinas, Monterey County, CA · 56,253 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for Alco Water Service 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
- 0
Key facts
- Alco Water Service draws water from 9 wells (4 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
- Most recent formal enforcement: administrative penalty by California, October 1994.
- Record on file since 1989, with 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 9,147 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, and no monitoring or reporting violations either.
Full record since 1989
EPA's records for Alco Water Service go back to 1989. Before October 19, 2016 they list 2 health-based violations (2 resolved) and 1 monitoring or reporting violation.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 1 |
| 1990s | 2 | 0 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began September 1994, Resolved.
Show all 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Sep 1, 1994 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Nov 1, 1992 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
California regulators took 4 formal enforcement actions against Alco Water Service between 1993 and 1994. The most recent was an administrative penalty in October 1994.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 1994 | California | Administrative penalty | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Aug 23, 1993 | California | Administrative penalty | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Jul 19, 1993 | California | Administrative penalty | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Mar 8, 1993 | California | Administrative penalty | 1 violation: Benzene |
Where the water comes from
Alco Water Service draws water from 9 wells (4 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
Annual water quality report
Alco Water Service 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.
Systems serving 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.
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