Is CITY OF MINDEN WATER SYSTEM's water safe to drink?
CITY OF MINDEN 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. 16,281 people get their water from it, across 5,427 connections.
CITY OF MINDEN WATER SYSTEM's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, CITY OF MINDEN WATER SYSTEM ranks 2,803th by violation burden (78th percentile) - 13 violations total, 7 health-baseds.
How CITY OF MINDEN WATER SYSTEM compares within LA
CITY OF MINDEN WATER SYSTEM's 7 health-based violations sit within the LA average of 12.6, across 347 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 MINDEN WATER SYSTEM is from 2022-07-09 (health-based: 2022-07-09). Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CITY OF MINDEN 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
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 MINDEN 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 MINDEN WATER SYSTEM's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,803th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.