Public water system record
Central Coast Water Authority
Serves an area of Santa Barbara County, CA · Population served not reported
Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for Central Coast Water Authority 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
- Central Coast Water Authority draws water from 1 surface water intake.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by California, November 2015.
- Record on file since 2015, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 12 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 2015
EPA's records for Central Coast Water Authority go back to 2015. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 2 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 2 |
Enforcement actions
California regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Central Coast Water Authority in 2015. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in November 2015.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 2015 | California | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
Where the water comes from
Central Coast Water Authority draws water from 1 surface water intake. 18 other community water systems buy water from Central Coast Water Authority.
Community systems that buy water from it
- American Water O&M, LLC - VSFB Vandenberg SFB, CA
- Carpinteria Valley Water District Carpinteria, CA
- Chorro Valley Pipeline - Slo County San Luis Obispo, CA
- City of Buellton Water Division Buellton, CA
- City of Santa Barbara Water Department Santa Barbara, CA
- City of Santa Maria Utilities Department Santa Maria, CA
- Golden State Water Company - Tanglewood Hawthorne, CA
- Goleta Water District Goleta, CA
- Guadalupe Water Department Guadalupe, CA
- La Cumbre Mutual Water Co Santa Barbara, CA
- Lopez Project San Luis Obispo, CA
- Montecito Water Dist Santa Barbara, CA
- Oceano Comm Services Dist. Oceano, CA
- Pismo Beach Water Department Pismo Beach, CA
- San Miguelito MWC Avila Beach, CA
- Santa Ynez River Water Cons. Dist. ID#1 Santa Ynez, CA
- Slo CSA No. 16 - Shandon San Luis Obispo, CA
- Solvang Water Division Solvang, CA
Annual water quality report
Central Coast Water Authority 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.
Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search
Testing your own water
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