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Community Water System · PWS CA4100582

County Service Area 11

Operator location Redwood City, California - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 450 people served; 47 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.

450
People served (this PWS)
47
EPA violations (this PWS)
2
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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County Service Area 11 standing, mid SDWIS violation third

450 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 4% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).

The verdict

County Service Area 11 lands in the middle third by violation volume (47), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is smaller (450; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 4% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

47
Total EPA violations on record
4%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
450
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
103
County
San Mateo
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
0
Monitoring Violations
45
Treatment Tech Violations
2

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Coliform (TCR) MR 3 1996
Toluene MR 2 2004
Benzene MR 2 2004
Tetrachloroethylene MR 2 2004
1,1-Dichloroethylene MR 2 2004
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 2 2004
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 2 2004
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 2 2004
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 2 2004
Vinyl chloride MR 2 2004
Trichloroethylene MR 2 2004
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 2 2004
Styrene MR 2 2004
Xylenes, Total MR 2 2004
Revised Total Coliform Rule TT 2 2019
1,1,2-Trichloroethane MR 2 2004
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene MR 2 2004
DICHLOROMETHANE MR 2 2004
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 2 2004
Carbon tetrachloride MR 2 2004
o-Dichlorobenzene MR 2 2004
Ethylbenzene MR 2 2004
CHLOROBENZENE MR 2 2004

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

County Service Area 11 has 47 recorded EPA violations, 55% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 45% carry more. 4% of this system's own violations are health-based (2 of 47), 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)

47 Around the middle fewer violations than 45% 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 11

EPA SDWIS lists 450 people served and 103 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

47 violations · 450 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

What to do with County Service Area 11

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