Is COACHELLA WATER AUTHORITY's water safe to drink?
COACHELLA WATER AUTHORITY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 43,590 people through 9,585 service connections.
COACHELLA WATER AUTHORITY's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, COACHELLA WATER AUTHORITY ranks 4,307th by violation burden (67th percentile) - 13 violations total, 4 health-baseds.
How COACHELLA WATER AUTHORITY compares within CA
CA's 803 covered systems average 5.8 health-based violations each; COACHELLA WATER AUTHORITY carries 4, not 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 COACHELLA WATER AUTHORITY is from 2026-07-02 (health-based: 1993-01-11). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
COACHELLA WATER AUTHORITY'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)
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
COACHELLA WATER AUTHORITY'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 COACHELLA WATER AUTHORITY's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,307th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.