CAVE CREEK WATER: EPA violation history, explained
CAVE CREEK WATER has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 5,895 people get their water from it, across 2,555 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
213 total violations and 14 health-based ones put CAVE CREEK WATER at the 90th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,291 of 12,903.
Against the AZ average
CAVE CREEK WATER's 14 health-based violations sit above the AZ average of 8.2, across 199 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
CAVE CREEK WATER's most recent violation on record is dated 2020-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2019-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 05/14/2026.
The concern categories on record
CAVE CREEK WATER'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)
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Arsenic; Fluoride
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
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 CAVE CREEK WATER's record does not cover
Everything on this page is CAVE CREEK WATER's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 14 health-based violations on file for CAVE CREEK WATER - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.