Public water system record
City of Petaluma
Serves Petaluma, Sonoma County, CA · 60,781 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for City of Petaluma 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
- City of Petaluma draws water from 11 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by California, March 2018.
- Record on file since 1989, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 4,588 unknown out of 20,091 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 1989
EPA's records for City of Petaluma go back to 1989. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 1 |
| 2000s | 0 | 1 |
Enforcement actions
California regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against City of Petaluma in 2018. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in March 2018.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 2018 | California | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
Where the water comes from
City of Petaluma draws water from 11 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use). It also buys water from Sonoma County Water Agency. 1 other community water system buys water from City of Petaluma.
Buys water from
- Sonoma County Water Agency Santa Rosa, CA
Community systems that buy water from it
- U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Petaluma, CA
Annual water quality report
City of Petaluma 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