What's in CITY OF LIVE OAK's water?
CITY OF LIVE OAK has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 9,285, over 2,503 connections.
How this compares nationally
18 total violations and 12 health-based ones put CITY OF LIVE OAK at the 87th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,639 of 12,903.
How CITY OF LIVE OAK compares within CA
CITY OF LIVE OAK's 12 health-based violations sit above 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
The last violation EPA has on record for CITY OF LIVE OAK is from 2017-01-08 (health-based: 2008-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CITY OF LIVE OAK'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)
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Arsenic
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
CITY OF LIVE OAK'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 LIVE OAK's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,639th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.