Public water system record
City of Santa Maria Utilities Department
Serves Santa Maria, Santa Barbara County, CA · 109,477 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for City of Santa Maria Utilities Department 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
- 2
Key facts
- City of Santa Maria Utilities Department draws water from 6 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by California, January 2017.
- Record on file since 2014, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 19,743 unknown out of 25,058 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2016 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2016 | Resolved |
Full record since 2014
EPA's records for City of Santa Maria Utilities Department go back to 2014. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 5 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 5 |
Enforcement actions
California regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against City of Santa Maria Utilities Department between 2015 and 2017. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in January 2017.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 2017 | California | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Mar 9, 2015 | California | Compliance order (no penalty) | 3 violations: E. coli, Total Coliform |
Where the water comes from
City of Santa Maria Utilities Department draws water from 6 wells. It also buys water from Central Coast Water Authority. It also has an emergency connection to Golden State Water Company - Orcutt. 2 other community water systems buy water from City of Santa Maria Utilities Department.
Buys water from
- Central Coast Water Authority Buellton, CA
Emergency or part-time connections to
- Golden State Water Company - Orcutt Hawthorne, CA
Community systems that buy water from it
- Golden State Water Company - Orcutt Hawthorne, CA
- Nipomo Comm Services Dist Nipomo, CA
Annual water quality report
City of Santa Maria Utilities Department 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