Is CALIPATRIA STATE PRISON's water safe to drink?
CALIPATRIA STATE PRISON has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 4,800, over 1,979 connections.
CALIPATRIA STATE PRISON's record against the rest of the country
6 total violations and 4 health-based ones put CALIPATRIA STATE PRISON at the 65th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 4,550 of 12,903.
How CALIPATRIA STATE PRISON compares within CA
CA's 803 covered systems average 5.8 health-based violations each; CALIPATRIA STATE PRISON carries 4, not more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for CALIPATRIA STATE PRISON is from 2012-01-02 (health-based: 2012-01-02). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CALIPATRIA STATE PRISON'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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); Surface Water Treatment Rule
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 this data is and is not
This is what CALIPATRIA STATE PRISON reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Between the utility's meter and CALIPATRIA STATE PRISON's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,550th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.