Is CITY OF BERWICK's water safe to drink?
CITY OF BERWICK had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 5,024, over 1,974 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
5 total violations and 1 health-based ones put CITY OF BERWICK at the 32th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 8,739 of 12,903.
How CITY OF BERWICK compares within LA
CITY OF BERWICK's 1 health-based violations sit within the LA average of 12.6, across 347 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for CITY OF BERWICK is from 2025-05-10 (health-based: 2025-05-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CITY OF BERWICK'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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
CITY OF BERWICK'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 5 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.