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Water quality in Portola Valley, California

Portola Valley is in San Mateo County. 51 active public water systems serve the county; 15 had an EPA violation in the past three years.

Most likely your provider

California Water Service Bear Gulch CA4110006 · Community water system · Surface water
Serves 60,382 people Rules violated, past 3 years 0 Last sanitary survey Feb 20, 2025 Distance 3.8 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 San Mateo County

35 systems, nearest first
SystemServesStatusRules violated, 3 yrDistance
Cuesta la Honda Guild INC
 863 0 3.8 mi
County Service Area 7
 300 1 4.7 mi
Redwood Terrace Mutual
 56 1 4.8 mi
Camp Jones Gulch
 44 0 5.8 mi
Camp Loma Mar
 25 2 6.7 mi
Redwood Glen Camp & Conference Ctr
 31 0 7.2 mi
Portola Improvement Association Mwc
 80 1 7.3 mi
Menlo Park Municipal Water
Menlo Park		 22,362 0 7.3 mi
Loma Mar Mutual
 65 0 7.8 mi
O'connor Tract Co-Operative Water Co.
 2,789 0 8.0 mi
Palo Alto Park Mutual Water Company
 2,900 0 8.5 mi
City of Redwood City
Redwood City		 90,043 0 8.6 mi
City of East Palo Alto
East Palo Alto		 29,519 0 8.8 mi
California Water Service San Carlos
 34,801 0 9.3 mi
Butano Canyon Mutual
 150 0 10.3 mi
Bianchi Flowers INC
 65 1 10.8 mi
Mid-Peninsula Water District
 31,059 0 10.9 mi
County Service Area 11
 450 0 11.4 mi
Oku Incorporated
 35 3 11.7 mi
Marchi Central Farm
 30 2 13.0 mi
Estero Municipal Improvement District
 36,556 0 13.4 mi
California Water Service San Mateo
 103,536 0 13.4 mi
Coastside County Water District
 19,033 0 13.7 mi
Town of Hillsborough
 11,766 0 15.0 mi
City of Burlingame
Burlingame		 32,453 0 16.9 mi
All 36 community water systems in San Mateo County
Non-community systems in San Mateo County (15: schools, campgrounds, workplaces, restaurants)

These systems serve places you visit rather than homes.

SystemServesStatusRules violated, 3 yrUnresolved
LA Honda Center
 33 0 0
Optimists Volunteers for Youth
 205 1 0
San Mateo County Memorial Park
 1,790 0 0
Csp Portola State Park
 172 0 0
San Gregorio Company
 32 1 0
Martins Beach Water System
 49 1 0
UC Elkus Ranch
 34 0 0
Harley Farms Goat Dairy
 113 0 0
Butano Girl Scout Camp
 154 0 0
Butano State Park Csp
 121 0 0
Skylawn Memorial Park (skylawn Inc)
 50 1 1
Pigeon Point Hostel
 67 1 1
Gazos Creek Beach House
 33 0 0
Costanoa Campground
 33 1 0
Csp Ano Nuevo State Park
 709 0 0
About this data

Water systems are matched to San Mateo County, nearest to Portola Valley 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.

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.