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Water quality in Montecito, California

Montecito is in Santa Barbara County. 151 active public water systems serve the county; 47 had an EPA violation in the past three years.

Most likely your provider

Montecito Sea Meadows CA4200733 · Community water system · Ground water
Serves 100 people Rules violated, past 3 years 1 Unresolved 1 Last sanitary survey Jun 3, 2026 Distance under 0.1 mi

Your location is within the outer bounds of this system's EPA service area.

View system details EPA facility report

Other community water systems in Santa Barbara County

62 systems, nearest first
SystemServesStatusRules violated, 3 yrDistance
Lingate Lane Mutual Water Company
 55 1 0.5 mi
Montecito Water Dist
 12,010 1 1.6 mi
City of Santa Barbara Water Department
Santa Barbara		 93,334 0 4.5 mi
Las Positas Mutual Water Company
 200 0 6.2 mi
Carpinteria Valley Water District
 16,356 0 7.0 mi
San Vicente Water Company
 408 0 7.7 mi
LA Cumbre Mutual Water CO
 4,861 0 7.8 mi
Vieja Mutual Water Company
 60 1 8.9 mi
San Marcos Mutual Water Company
 120 0 10.7 mi
Goleta Water District
 85,535 0 10.8 mi
Painted Cave
 160 0 10.8 mi
Los Prietos Complex
 845 1 12.9 mi
Rosario Park
 38 0 13.2 mi
Ellwood Mutual Water Company
 186 2 14.4 mi
Naples
 66 0 18.5 mi
EL Capitan Mutual Water Company
 325 1 21.4 mi
Cachuma Village
 60 1 23.4 mi
Central Coast Water Authority
 0 0 25.7 mi
EL Rancho Tajiguas
 40 0 26.6 mi
Santa Ynez Rancho Estates
 304 0 26.8 mi
Meadowlark Ranches Mutual Water Company
 150 1 27.3 mi
Skyline Park
 295 0 29.5 mi
Cachuma Project
 0 0 29.8 mi
Rancho Marcelino Water
 240 0 30.1 mi
Santa Ynez Roblar Mobile Home Park
 25 4 30.2 mi
All 63 community water systems in Santa Barbara County
Non-community systems in Santa Barbara County (88: schools, campgrounds, workplaces, restaurants)

These systems serve places you visit rather than homes.

SystemServesStatusRules violated, 3 yrUnresolved
The Steward
 348 0 0
South Coast Inn
 363 0 0
Majestic Townsgate Water System
 200 1 1
White Lotus
 42 0 0
Moreton Bay Professional Plaza
 25 6 1
Rancho Oso
 416 0 0
Los Prietos Boy's Camp
 25 1 1
Paradise Canyon Improvement Association
 115 0 0
Fremont/santa Ynez Improvement Assoc.
 25 0 0
Cold Spring Tavern
 120 2 0
San Marcos Christian Camp
 75 0 0
Kinecta Fcu
 104 4 0
Rsm Resort LLC
 1,011 0 0
Rancho Alegre
 519 0 0
Lake Cachuma County Park
 40,019 0 0
EL Capitan Beach State Park
 915 0 0
Sable Offshore Corp las Flores Canyon
 90 1 1
Sable Offshore Corp Popco
 30 1 1
Refugio State Beach
 857 0 0
Olive Crest
 25 0 0
Circle Bar B Guest Ranch
 25 1 0
San Lorenzo Seminary
 145 0 0
Resource Center
Santa Barbara 		85 2 0
Shepherd of the Valley
 323 0 0
Ventucopa
 36 0 0
Santa Barbara Pistachio Company
 29 0 0
Vincent Vineyards
 46 0 0
Brander Vineyard
 80 0 0
Gaviota Oil Heating Facility
 25 1 1
Rusack Vineyards
 1,327 1 0
Flag IS UP Farms
 150 0 0
The Ranch Church
 204 0 0
Folded Hills Winery
 235 1 0
Petros Winery
 50 0 0
Zaca Lake Retreat
 105 1 0
Las Cruces State Park
 306 0 0
Vista de las Cruces
 50 0 0
Fess Parker Winery
 415 0 0
Koehler Winery
 2,008 0 0
Cuyama Elementary School
 250 1 0
Cuyama Mutual Water Company
 48 0 0
Firestone Vineyard
 37 0 0
Brick Barn Estate Winery
 160 0 0
Andrew Murray Vineyard
 1,815 0 0
Peake Ranch
 47 0 0
Zaca Mesa Winery
 170 0 0
Eleven Confessions Winery
 29 0 0
Pence Vineyards
Lompoc 		463 0 0
Lafond Winery
 107 0 0
Dierberg/star Lane Vineyard
 2,502 0 0
All non-community systems
About this data

Water systems are matched to Santa Barbara County, nearest to Montecito first. Your exact provider depends on your address and connection; the largest community water system in a county is usually the city or town utility. Distances are measured to the centre of the service area EPA publishes for the system or, for systems without one, to the centre of the town EPA lists the system as serving, from OpenStreetMap.

Town locations and ZIP code areas come from U.S. Census Bureau 2020 files.

Source: the U.S. EPA's Enforcement and Compliance History Online system (ECHO), which publishes the federal Safe Drinking Water Information System. EPA's terms and values are shown as published. The California records are from EPA's data refresh of Oct 7, 2026; EPA refreshes this data quarterly, and states report to EPA with a lag of three to six months, so the newest violations may not appear yet. Retrieved from ECHO on Oct 11, 2026.