Drinking water quality · 2023
· Verified
· PWSID CA4010011
What's in Morro Bay Pw Dept - Water Division — Morro Bay, Ca, CA tap water
1 contaminant in Morro Bay Pw Dept - Water Division — Morro Bay, Ca, CA's water sat at or above a federal limit, led by Nitrate at 7.3x the limit.
- !1 contaminant at or above a federal limit — worst is Nitrate at 7.3x
- !2 contaminants within 20% of a limit
- !12 of 27 core regulated contaminants reported — 15 never appear in this report
- ✓No open federal violations
+How this score is calculated
Every system starts at 100. Points come off for measured levels, for the federal violation record, and for how much of the core regulated set the utility actually reported. All three inputs are the utility's own published numbers and EPA's own records.
- −36 contaminants at or above a federal limit
- −8 contaminants within 20% of a limit
- −0 open health-based violations
- −0 open monitoring / reporting violations
- −0 health-based violations resolved in the last 5 years
- −11 core regulated contaminants never reported (12/27)
A 90–100 · B 80–89 · C 70–79 · D 60–69 · F below 60. A system reporting under a third of the core set is capped at C however clean its numbers look — a short report is not a clean bill of health.
Full grading methodology, constant for constant →What to worry about
- Nitrate7.3× the federal limit14–73 mg/L · limit 10 mg/L
Levels above the federal limit can cause 'blue baby syndrome,' a serious oxygen-transport condition in infants.
Higher than 95% of CA systems that report it · higher than 95% of U.S. systems
- Chlorine96% of the federal limit0.18–3.84 mg/L · limit 4 mg/L
Effective and necessary, but high residual levels can cause taste and odor issues; the EPA caps the residual disinfectant level.
Higher than 95% of CA systems that report it · higher than 95% of U.S. systems
- TTHM95% of the federal limit22–76 ug/L · limit 80 ug/L
Long-term exposure above the federal limit is linked to liver, kidney, and central-nervous-system effects and increased cancer risk.
Higher than 95% of CA systems that report it · higher than 90% of U.S. systems
+22 contaminants were measured and came in below the limitShow all
| Contaminant | Measured | Federal limit |
|---|---|---|
| Selenium | 19–40 ug/L | 50 ug/L |
| HAA5 | 14–37 ug/L | 60 ug/L |
| Chromium, Total | 33–39 ug/L | 100 ug/L |
| Turbidity | 0.15 NTU | 1 NTU |
| Barium | 0–0.188 mg/L | 2 mg/L |
| Copper | 0.09 mg/L | 1.3 mg/L |
| Fluoride | 0.2 mg/L | 4 mg/L |
| Chromium | 0.099 ug/L | 100 ug/L |
| Aluminum | 0–0.071 mg/L | — |
| Boron | 95–260 ug/L | — |
| Calcium | 81–164 mg/L | — |
| Lead | Not detected ug/L | 15 ug/L |
| Magnesium | 77–146 mg/L | — |
| Potassium | 3.5 mg/L | — |
| Sodium | 52–249 mg/L | — |
| Vanadium | 11–14 ug/L | — |
| Alkalinity | 380–450 mg/L | — |
| Bicarbonate | 66 mg/L | — |
| Hardness | 519–1010 mg/L | — |
| pH | 7.6–8.8 | — |
| TOC | 1.2–2.5 mg/L | — |
| Uranium | Not detected pCi/L | 20 pCi/L |
What this report doesn't tell you
15 of the 27 contaminants a community water system normally reports do not appear anywhere in Morro Bay Pw Dept - Water Division — Morro Bay, Ca, CA's data. Absent is not the same as absent-from-the-water — it means nobody published a number.
+Full detail: PFAS testing, water source, historical monitoring, and the federal violation record
Compliance history
Federal Safe Drinking Water Act violation & enforcement records (EPA SDWIS). A violation is a regulatory determination by the state or EPA — separate from the measured levels above.
- Maximum contaminant level exceededHealth-based4 violations on record · most recent Oct 2006resolved
- Treatment technique violationHealth-based1 violation on record · most recent Jun 1993resolved
Source: EPA SDWIS / ECHO. View the full federal record on EPA ECHO ↗