What's in CITY OF GONZALES WATER SYSTEM's water?
CITY OF GONZALES WATER SYSTEM has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 16,806 people through 5,602 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
21 total violations and 16 health-based ones put CITY OF GONZALES WATER SYSTEM at the 91th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,179 of 12,903.
How CITY OF GONZALES WATER SYSTEM compares within LA
LA's 347 covered systems average 12.6 health-based violations each; CITY OF GONZALES WATER SYSTEM carries 16, 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 CITY OF GONZALES WATER SYSTEM is from 2025-01-07 (health-based: 2010-01-09). Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CITY OF GONZALES WATER SYSTEM'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)
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; 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 this data is and is not
This is what CITY OF GONZALES WATER SYSTEM 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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 21 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.