Public Water System

ALMIRA WATER ASSOCIATION

PWSID CA4000631 · California · 40 people served

Failing

ALMIRA WATER ASSOCIATION is an EPA-regulated public water system in California (PWSID CA4000631). It serves an estimated 40 residents — a rural community of customers — across 1 community across 1 ZIP code.

Over the past five years, ALMIRA WATER ASSOCIATION has recorded 26 EPA health-based violations. The grade of F summarizes this compliance pattern. Specific contaminants, dates, and rule citations are listed in the violation history below.

Service Area

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Centered on the averaged ZIP-code centroid of 1 ZIP served.

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Violations

EPA Health-Based Violations

Health-based Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) violations on file for ALMIRA WATER ASSOCIATION over the past five years of EPA SDWIS reporting.

Arsenicchemical

EPA Code 1005 · Maximum Contaminant Level Exceedance

violations

EPA Limit

0.01 mg/L

Last Reading

20 UG/L

First Reported

Apr 2021

Most Recent

Apr 2024

What this violation means

Arsenic is a known human carcinogen that occurs naturally in groundwater across many parts of the United States, especially the Southwest and parts of New England. Long-term exposure even at low levels has been linked to bladder, lung, and skin cancer, as well as cardiovascular disease and developmental effects in children.

Recommended precautions

→Reverse osmosis filtration removes arsenic effectively.
→Distillation also removes arsenic — point-of-use distillers work for drinking and cooking water.
→Boiling does NOT remove arsenic. It actually concentrates it as water evaporates.
→If your well water has arsenic, test annually and treat at the point of entry.

Read the complete guide to Arsenic

Source: EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS). Health-based violations only. Older violations may have been resolved; check your utility's most recent Consumer Confidence Report for current status.

Cities Served by ALMIRA WATER ASSOCIATION

PASO ROBLES

ZIP Codes Served

93446

About this system

EPA records this system as PWSID CA4000631. Data reflects the most recent EPA SDWIS publication as of 2026-05-18. Public Water System Identifiers (PWSIDs) are assigned by the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Act program to track every regulated water utility in the United States. The first two letters typically indicate the state primacy agency. For real-time water quality information, contact ALMIRA WATER ASSOCIATION directly or review their annual Consumer Confidence Report (CCR).