DrinkingWaterCheck

What's in CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE CO. - PALOS VER's water?

CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE CO. - PALOS VER has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 71,452, over 24,493 connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

2 total violations and 1 health-based ones put CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE CO. - PALOS VER at the 30th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 9,078 of 12,903.

Against the CA average

CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE CO. - PALOS VER's 1 health-based violations sit within the CA average of 5.8, across 803 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.

Most recent violation on record

CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE CO. - PALOS VER's most recent violation on record is dated 1995-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 1995-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.

The concern categories on record

CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE CO. - PALOS VER's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:

The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.

What CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE CO. - PALOS VER's record does not cover

CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE CO. - PALOS VER's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 2 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.