DrinkingWaterCheck

Is CHANNEL ISLANDS BEACH CSD's water safe to drink?

CHANNEL ISLANDS BEACH CSD has no violations on record in EPA's SDWIS data. 4,560 people get their water from it, across 1,866 connections.

CHANNEL ISLANDS BEACH CSD's record against the rest of the country

CHANNEL ISLANDS BEACH CSD has 0 violations on record in total, 0 of thems health-based - ranking it 12,760th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 1th percentile nationally.

Against the CA average

CA's 803 covered systems average 5.8 health-based violations each; CHANNEL ISLANDS BEACH CSD carries 0, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.

Why "no violations" needs a caveat here

CHANNEL ISLANDS BEACH CSD serves 4,560 people. EPA requires smaller systems to test less often than large ones, so a clean record here is real but weaker evidence than the same record on a system serving hundreds of thousands - fewer tests means fewer chances to catch a problem. See the guide to reading a clean record for what that does and does not tell you.

What CHANNEL ISLANDS BEACH CSD's record does not cover

CHANNEL ISLANDS BEACH CSD'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 0 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.