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Chino tap water, in plain English
Here is what the EPA's own data shows about tap water in Chino. According to EPA SDWIS data retrieved June 2026, Chino is served by 2 active community water systems, together reported to serve about 97,102 people.
As of June 2026, EPA records show 35 violations across the community water system(s) serving Chino, going back to the earliest EPA record. 8 of these are classified by the EPA as health-based (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks); the rest are monitoring or reporting violations. Each is listed by system below, with its status.
What the EPA has on record, by system
Chino, City Of
86,435 served · surface water · PWSID CA3610012 - Monitoring Lead and Copper Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 11 times between October 2003 and October 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring E. COLI: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times between June 2014 and July 2014. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
California Institution For Men
10,667 served · groundwater · PWSID CA3610850 - Health-based Groundwater Rule: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 4 times in June 2022. The EPA record for these does not include a measured level. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Health-based Nitrate: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded once in May 2018. The EPA record for these does not include a measured level. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Health-based Coliform (TCR): a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 3 times between December 2010 and August 2013. The EPA record for these does not include a measured level. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Consumer Confidence Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in October 2019. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring contaminant code null: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times between May 2018 and October 2018. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring TTHM: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between January 2015 and January 2016. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times between January 2015 and January 2016. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Coliform (TCR): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times between June 2002 and August 2013. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
What this means
A health-based violation means a contaminant was recorded above the limit the EPA tracks for it. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was late or missed — not that a contaminant was measured above a limit. “Returned to compliance” means the EPA recorded the issue as resolved.
This page summarizes the EPA's own records and does not assess whether your water is safe to drink. For the most current details, you can verify every record directly with the EPA, and contact your water system with questions.
Source: U.S. EPA Envirofacts SDWIS, retrieved June 2026. Records cover the EPA's full reporting history for these systems. Verify at EPA ECHO.