Community Water System · PWS CA4010001
City of Arroyo Grande Utilities Division
Operator location Arroyo Grande, California - 29% of 7 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 17,963 served per SDWIS.
- 17,963
- People served (this PWS)
- 7
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 2
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 6 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
City of Arroyo Grande Utilities Division standing, low SDWIS violation third
29% of 7 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 29% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Population rank #2,978 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
City of Arroyo Grande Utilities Division is in the lower third by violation count (7; lower-third violation load (≤ 21 violations)). A low count does not mean the system is unmonitored - monitoring and reporting violations still appear in SDWIS. Population served is large (17,963; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 29% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 detected 6 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)).
- #2,978 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #371 of 1,701
- Population · CA
- 7
- Total EPA violations on record
- 29%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
6 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 6,854
- County
- San Luis Obispo
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 2
- Monitoring Violations
- 3
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrate | MR | 2 | 2012 |
| TTHM | MCL | 2 | 1996 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 1 | 2025 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
City of Arroyo Grande Utilities Division has 7 recorded EPA violations, 13% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 85% carry more. 29% of this system's own violations are health-based (2 of 7), and it ranks #2,978 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)
7 Among the lowest violation counts fewer violations than 85% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)
Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 21 of 232 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 9/10/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 9/10/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 9/10/2024 | 3.30 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFDoA | 9/10/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 9/10/2024 | 4.60 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFNA | 9/10/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 9/10/2024 | 4.30 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFBS | 9/10/2024 | 11.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 9/10/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 9/10/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 9/10/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 9/10/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 9/10/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 9/10/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 9/10/2024 | 5.60 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| ADONA | 9/10/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 9/10/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 9/10/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 9/10/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 9/10/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 9/10/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 9/10/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 9/10/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 9/10/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 9/10/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 9/10/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 9/10/2024 | 3.30 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 9/10/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 9/10/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 6/19/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 6/19/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 6/19/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 6/19/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 6/19/2024 | 6.80 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFEESA | 6/19/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 6/19/2024 | 11.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFHxS | 6/19/2024 | 5.50 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFOA | 6/19/2024 | 5.80 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFHxA | 6/19/2024 | 3.50 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFUnA | 6/19/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 6/19/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 6/19/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 6/19/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 6/19/2024 | 4.10 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFTA | 6/19/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 6/19/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 6/19/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 6/19/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 6/19/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 6/19/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Health-based violations on City of Arroyo Grande Utilities Division
2 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for CA4010001.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · California State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
7 violations · 17,963 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems with similarly light violation ledgers
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems with similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
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