Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS CA3303092
Mecca Arco Travel Center
Operator location Indio, California - 71% of 69 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 1,847 served per SDWIS.
- 1,847
- People served (this PWS)
- 69
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 49
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Mecca Arco Travel Center standing, mid SDWIS violation third
71% of 69 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 71% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #14,235 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Mecca Arco Travel Center lands in the middle third by violation volume (69), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is mid-pack at 1,847 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 71% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #14,235 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #924 of 1,701
- Population · CA
- 69
- Total EPA violations on record
- 71%
- 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
- Non-Transient Non-Community
- Owner Type
- Private
- Connections
- 5
- County
- Riverside
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 48
- Monitoring Violations
- 18
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 1
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenic | MCL | 48 | 2017 |
| Arsenic | MR | 8 | 2021 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 8 | 2016 |
| Benzene | MR | 2 | 2009 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | TT | 1 | 2024 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | RPT | 1 | 2024 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Mecca Arco Travel Center has 69 recorded EPA violations, 65% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 35% carry more. 71% of this system's own violations are health-based (49 of 69), and it ranks #14,235 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)
69 Around the middle fewer violations than 35% 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 Mecca Arco Travel Center
49 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for CA3303092.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · California State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
69 violations · 1,847 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 Mecca Arco Travel Center
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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