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Water quality in Palo Alto, California

Palo Alto is in Santa Clara County. 119 active public water systems serve the county; 41 had an EPA violation in the past three years.

Most likely your provider

Purissima Hills Water District CA4310021 · Community water system · Surface water purchased
Serves 6,252 people Rules violated, past 3 years 1 Last sanitary survey May 10, 2024 Distance 1.6 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 Clara County

72 systems, nearest first
SystemServesStatusRules violated, 3 yrDistance
City of Palo Alto
Palo Alto		 67,658 0 under 0.1 mi
Stanford University
 23,817 0 2.6 mi
City of Mountain View
Mountain View		 81,340 0 3.7 mi
Cwsc los Altos Suburban
 63,559 0 4.8 mi
Nasa Ames Research Center
 1,200 0 5.5 mi
City of Cupertino
Cupertino		 16,336 0 6.7 mi
City of Sunnyvale
Sunnyvale		 157,566 5 6.8 mi
Mt. Eden Mutual Water Company
 165 1 9.3 mi
Camp Saratoga
 450 0 9.7 mi
City of San Jose Nsj/alviso
San Jose		 48,082 0 10.0 mi
City of Santa Clara
Santa Clara		 134,587 0 10.0 mi
Lee's Orchard Owners Association
Santa Clara		 35 0 10.0 mi
Saratoga Heights Mutual Water Company
 258 0 12.0 mi
City of Milpitas
Milpitas		 81,915 1 13.9 mi
San Jose Water
 1,039,920 0 14.5 mi
Lake Canyon Mutual Water Company
 156 1 15.4 mi
Vista Grande Water Users Association
 79 0 15.6 mi
Mireval Improvement Association
 60 1 16.1 mi
Kennon Water Company
 142 1 16.6 mi
Spring Valley Heights Association INC
 65 0 16.9 mi
Oakmont Water System
 61 0 17.4 mi
Raineri Mutual Water Company
 145 1 17.6 mi
Brush and Old Well Mutual Water Company
 70 1 17.6 mi
Lupin Lodge
 300 2 17.9 mi
Chemeketa Park Mutual Water Company
 346 1 18.3 mi
All 73 community water systems in Santa Clara County
Non-community systems in Santa Clara County (46: schools, campgrounds, workplaces, restaurants)

These systems serve places you visit rather than homes.

SystemServesStatusRules violated, 3 yrUnresolved
EL Camino Hospital
 2,000 0 0
Saratoga Springs, Inc.
 180 0 0
Walden West
 273 0 0
Sanborn-Skyline County Park
 414 0 0
O'connor Hospital
 2,500 2 1
Newby Island Landfill, Republic Services
 65 0 0
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
 3,000 3 2
Lakeside Sd-Lakeside School
 127 1 0
Nestldown Ranch
 265 0 0
Alma Latter-Day Saints Church
 25 2 1
Mt. Hamilton Grandview Restaurant
 181 0 0
Loma Prieta Jusd-Loma Prieta School
 542 0 0
Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
 2,439 0 0
Joseph Grant County Park
 322 1 0
Metcalf Motorcycle County Park
 210 0 0
Calero County Park
 210 0 0
Field Sports Park/coyote Ranch
 258 0 0
Cinnabar Hills Golf Club
 50 1 1
Coyote Creek Golf Club
 101 0 0
Uvas Canyon County Park
 512 0 0
Monterey Mushrooms
 361 1 1
Sveadal Water System
 111 0 0
Hkn LLC
 50 1 1
Coyote Valley Sporting Clays
 27 1 1
Willow Heights Mansion
 269 0 0
Morgan Hill Usd-Machado School
 60 0 0
Economy Inn
 52 1 0
George Chiala Farms INC
 150 0 0
Csp Henry W. Coe State Park
 1,205 0 0
The Rainbow Junction Water System
 50 2 0
Mt. Madonna County Park
 621 0 0
Chitactac-Adams County Park
 156 0 0
San Martin Lions Club
 30 0 0
Scc Animal Shelter/airport
 25 0 0
Fortino Winery
 25 0 0
Learning Services Corp.
 48 0 0
VO UU Buddhist Meditation Association
 33 0 0
Coyote Lake County Park
 216 1 0
Gilroy Usd-Rucker School
 510 0 0
Reforestation Technologies International
 34 1 1
Gavilan Joint Community College District
 5,400 0 0
Pacific Point Christian School
 165 0 0
Garlic World
 25 1 0
Christopher Ranch L.l.c.
 735 0 0
Z Best Products
 90 0 0
Henry W Coe State Park Dowdy Ranch
 65 0 0
About this data

Water systems are matched to Santa Clara County, nearest to Palo Alto 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 first town EPA lists the system as serving, from Census Bureau place files.

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.