Is CITY OF LA PALMA's water safe to drink?

CITY OF LA PALMA's only violations on record are reporting or monitoring lapses, not a contaminant or treatment-technique failure EPA classifies as health-based. 15,948 people get their water from it, across 4,368 connections.

CITY OF LA PALMA's record against the rest of the country

3 total violations and 0 health-based ones put CITY OF LA PALMA at the 10th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 11,609 of 12,903.

Against the CA average

CITY OF LA PALMA's 0 health-based violations sit within the CA average of 5.8, across 803 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.

Most recent violation on record

CITY OF LA PALMA's most recent violation on record is dated 2019-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.

What CITY OF LA PALMA's record does not cover

CITY OF LA PALMA'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. Between the utility's meter and CITY OF LA PALMA's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 11,609th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.