Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS CA4400750
Aptos High School
Operator location Watsonville, California - lower-third violation load (≤ 21 violations) with 14 EPA violations; groundwater source; 1,348 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 1,348
- People served (this PWS)
- 14
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 3
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Aptos High School standing, low SDWIS violation third
14 EPA SDWIS violations on record - lower-third violation load (≤ 21 violations). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 21% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #16,875 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Aptos High School is in the lower third by violation count (14; 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 mid-pack at 1,348 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 21% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #16,875 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #1,039 of 1,701
- Population · CA
- 14
- Total EPA violations on record
- 21%
- 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
- Local
- Connections
- 6
- County
- Santa Cruz
- School/Daycare
- Yes
- MCL Violations
- 2
- Monitoring Violations
- 5
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 1
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 3 | 2007 |
| Nitrate | MR | 2 | 2021 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 2 | 2005 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | TT | 1 | 2024 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | RPT | 1 | 2024 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Aptos High School has 14 recorded EPA violations, 24% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 75% carry more. 21% of this system's own violations are health-based (3 of 14), and it ranks #16,875 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)
14 Among the lowest violation counts fewer violations than 75% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
SDWIS compliance record for Aptos High School
14 violations on record for CA4400750; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · California State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water
Nationwide peers
14 violations · 1,348 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 near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Aptos High School
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