What's in CITY OF KAPLAN WATER SYSTEM's water?
CITY OF KAPLAN WATER SYSTEM 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: 4,340, over 2,246 connections.
How this compares nationally
14 total violations and 3 health-based ones put CITY OF KAPLAN WATER SYSTEM at the 60th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,158 of 12,903.
How CITY OF KAPLAN WATER SYSTEM compares within LA
Among the 347 LA systems in this dataset, the average is 12.6 health-based violations - CITY OF KAPLAN WATER SYSTEM's 3 is at or below that. 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 KAPLAN WATER SYSTEM is from 2024-12-05 (health-based: 2024-12-05). Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CITY OF KAPLAN 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); Groundwater Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
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 KAPLAN 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. Between the utility's meter and CITY OF KAPLAN WATER SYSTEM's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 5,158th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.