Community Water System · PWS CA3210003
City of Portola
Operator location Portola, California - 98% of 44 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 2,100 served per SDWIS.
- 2,100
- People served (this PWS)
- 44
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 43
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
City of Portola standing, mid SDWIS violation third
98% of 44 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 98% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #13,162 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
City of Portola lands in the middle third by violation volume (44), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is mid-pack at 2,100 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 98% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #13,162 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #883 of 1,701
- Population · CA
- 44
- Total EPA violations on record
- 98%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 1,154
- County
- Plumas
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 43
- Monitoring Violations
- 0
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenic | MCL | 43 | 2013 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
City of Portola has 44 recorded EPA violations, 53% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 46% carry more. 98% of this system's own violations are health-based (43 of 44), and it ranks #13,162 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
44 Around the middle fewer violations than 46% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Health-based violations on City of Portola
43 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for CA3210003.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · California State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
44 violations · 2,100 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems near this violation count
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with City of Portola
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
- See how every tracked system in California compares on the same EPA violation measures. California systems
- Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
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EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.