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City of Santa Paula

Serves an area of Ventura County, CA that includes Santa Paula · 31,018 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for City of Santa Paula in the last ten years.

  • CA5610011
  • SANTA PAULA
  • CA
  • 31,018 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 93061
EPA system ID CA5610011

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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 Paula draws water from 5 wells.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by California, February 2017.
  • Record on file since 2016, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 8,143 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.

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2016 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2016 Resolved

Full record since 2016

EPA's records for City of Santa Paula go back to 2016. 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 City of Santa Paula in 2017. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in February 2017.

Date By Action Violations covered
Feb 2, 2017 California Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

Where the water comes from

City of Santa Paula draws water from 5 wells. 2 other community water systems buy water from City of Santa Paula.

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

City of Santa Paula 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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