No open EPA violations as of 2026-09-16.
EPA record checked 2026-10-06
From EPA's record for CA4210010. PurityMap is independent of City of Santa Barbara Water Department.
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31 results are on record. These 5 come first: results above a listed reference.
0health-based violations in the last 10 years · none open as of 2026-09-16
From EPA SDWIS. A clean violation history means no enforcement action was recorded; it does not cover contaminants without a limit. Meeting a federal limit is a compliance fact, not a health clearance.
Screening tells you if something is worth a closer look; a lab result is the number you can act on.
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Screening: quick check, not lab-grade
Safe Home (EnviroTestKits)
Lead, read as one of three ranges: 0–4, 5–15 or 15+ ppb
Turnaround: 5 minutes
What it can't tell you: It shows a lead range, not an exact level, and tests nothing else unless you pay extra for the optional lab test.
Lab-certified results
ETR Laboratories
50+ substances, including lead, copper, arsenic, nitrate, hardness and coliform bacteria
Environmental Testing and Research Laboratories (ETR Labs), Leominster, MA · ISO/IEC 17025:2017, ANAB certificate AT-2638 · 2–4 business days after the lab receives it
What it can't tell you: It does not test PFAS, and not every result on the panel falls under the lab's accredited scope.
One email when a new sampling round is published or a result moves across its reference.
Follow this water →Its official website is santabarbaraca.gov, its phone number on EPA record is 805-564-5379 and its mailing address is PO Box 1990, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93102. These details come from the system's EPA record and a check of its website.
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EPA's records list City of Santa Barbara Water Department as serving Santa Barbara, California. Your water bill names your supplier.
PurityMap's record for City of Santa Barbara Water Department holds results for 29 PFAS substances. None was detected, and none is above a federal legal limit. Each result links to its source in the city report.
No open EPA violations as of 2026-09-16: that is what EPA's record shows for City of Santa Barbara Water Department. The record comes from EPA's SDWIS compliance database.
City of Santa Barbara Water Department is on EPA record as drawing from surface water.
Start with the hot-or-cold tap check. Where City of Santa Barbara Water Department reported something related, it's shown below.
Lead at City of Santa Barbara Water Department: not detected (90th percentile, 2021–2023 monitoring period). Lead has no taste, so a taste neither shows nor rules it out.