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Soquel Creek Water District

Serves Soquel, Rio del Mar, Aptos and 3 more places, Santa Cruz County, CA · 40,809 people served

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

  • CA4410017
  • SOQUEL
  • CA
  • 40,809 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 95073
EPA system ID CA4410017

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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

  • Soquel Creek Water District draws water from 18 wells (3 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by California, December 2009.
  • Record on file since 2002, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 16,166 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 2002

EPA's records for Soquel Creek Water District go back to 2002. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 1 monitoring or reporting violation.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
2000s 1 1

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began October 2009, Resolved.

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Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 2009 Resolved

Enforcement actions

California regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Soquel Creek Water District in 2009. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in December 2009.

Date By Action Violations covered
Dec 10, 2009 California Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform

Where the water comes from

Soquel Creek Water District draws water from 18 wells (3 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use). It also buys water from Santa Cruz Water Department. It also has an emergency connection to Central Water District. 2 other community water systems and 1 smaller public system such as schools, businesses or campgrounds buy water from Soquel Creek Water District.

Buys water from

Emergency or part-time connections to

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Soquel Creek 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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