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Community Water System · PWS CA4100509

County Service Area 7

Operator location Redwood City, California - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 300 people served; 84 SDWIS violations on record from surface water sources.

300
People served (this PWS)
84
EPA violations (this PWS)
13
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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County Service Area 7 standing, high SDWIS violation third

300 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 15% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).

The verdict

County Service Area 7 sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (84), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (300; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 15% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

84
Total EPA violations on record
15%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
300
People served by this PWS (SDWIS)
N/A
PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)

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
68
County
San Mateo
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
12
Monitoring Violations
45
Treatment Tech Violations
1

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
TTHM MCL 8 2018
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MCL 4 2025
Toluene MR 2 2004
Benzene MR 2 2004
Ethylbenzene MR 2 2004
DICHLOROMETHANE MR 2 2004
Tetrachloroethylene MR 2 2004
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 2 2004
1,1,2-Trichloroethane MR 2 2004
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 2 2004
o-Dichlorobenzene MR 2 2004
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 2 2004
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 2 2004
Vinyl chloride MR 2 2004
Styrene MR 2 2004
Xylenes, Total MR 2 2004
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U MR 2 1981
Carbon tetrachloride MR 2 2004
CHLOROBENZENE MR 2 2004
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene MR 2 2004
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 2 2004
1,1-Dichloroethylene MR 2 2004
Trichloroethylene MR 2 2004
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 2 2004
Lead and Copper Rule MR 1 1993
Surface Water Treatment Rule TT 1 1992

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

County Service Area 7 has 84 recorded EPA violations, 69% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 30% carry more. 15% of this system's own violations are health-based (13 of 84), and it ranks unranked by population served among that same cohort.

EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus

Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)

84 Around the middle fewer violations than 30% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

Population served record for County Service Area 7

EPA SDWIS lists 300 people served and 68 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.

Sources: EPA SDWIS · California State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water

Nationwide peers

84 violations · 300 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load

Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.

4 peers

What to do with County Service Area 7

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
  • Find and compare another public water system by name or PWSID. Search systems

EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater