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Sacramento Suburban Water District

Serves Arden-Arcade, North Highlands, Carmichael and 4 more places, Sacramento County, CA · 194,444 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for Sacramento Suburban Water District in the last ten years.

  • CA3410001
  • SACRAMENTO
  • CA
  • 194,444 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 95821
EPA system ID CA3410001

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
0

Key facts

  • Sacramento Suburban Water District draws water from 74 wells (2 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by California, March 2009.
  • Record on file since 1989, with 5 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 2,120 unknown out of 46,571 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation 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 Sacramento Suburban Water District go back to 1989. Before October 19, 2016 they list 5 health-based violations (5 resolved) and 4 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 0 2
1990s 5 1
2000s 0 1

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began October 1994, Resolved.

Show all 5 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 1994 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jun 1, 1993 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Dec 1, 1992 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Sep 1, 1992 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jun 1, 1992 Resolved

Enforcement actions

California regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Sacramento Suburban Water District between 1993 and 2009. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in March 2009.

Date By Action Violations covered
Mar 4, 2009 California Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Nitrate
Jul 8, 1993 California Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Surface Water Treatment Rule

Where the water comes from

Sacramento Suburban Water District draws water from 74 wells (2 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use). It also buys water from City of Sacramento Main. It also has an interim connection to San Juan Water District. 4 other community water systems buy water from Sacramento Suburban Water District. 2 other public water systems have emergency connections to Sacramento Suburban Water District.

Buys water from

Emergency or part-time connections to

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Sacramento Suburban Water District 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.

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Testing your own water

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