What's in DESERT WSC's water?
DESERT WSC had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. It serves 2,091 people through 697 service connections.
How this compares nationally
6 total violations and 1 health-based ones put DESERT WSC at the 33th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 8,632 of 12,903.
Against the TX average
DESERT WSC's 1 health-based violations sit within the TX average of 6.7, across 1,633 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
DESERT WSC's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-05-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2025-05-10. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
The concern categories on record
DESERT WSC'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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What DESERT WSC's record does not cover
DESERT WSC'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 DESERT WSC's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 8,632th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.