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City of Poway

Serves Poway, San Diego County, CA · 49,888 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for City of Poway in the last ten years.

  • CA3710015
  • POWAY
  • CA
  • 49,888 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 92074
EPA system ID CA3710015

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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

  • City of Poway draws water from 1 surface water intake.
  • Record on file since 1993, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 14,367 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 1993

EPA's records for City of Poway go back to 1993. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 1 monitoring or reporting violation.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 1

Where the water comes from

City of Poway draws water from 1 surface water intake. It also buys water from San Diego County Water Authority. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to City of Poway.

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Annual water quality report

City of Poway 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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