EAST RICHLAND WW DISTRICT: EPA violation history, explained
EAST RICHLAND WW DISTRICT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 3,120 people through 1,040 service connections.
EAST RICHLAND WW DISTRICT's record against the rest of the country
EAST RICHLAND WW DISTRICT has 18 violations on record in total, 2 of thems health-based - ranking it 6,264th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 51th percentile nationally.
How EAST RICHLAND WW DISTRICT compares within LA
Among the 347 LA systems in this dataset, the average is 12.6 health-based violations - EAST RICHLAND WW DISTRICT's 2 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for EAST RICHLAND WW DISTRICT is from 2016-01-04 (health-based: 2015-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
EAST RICHLAND WW DISTRICT'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)
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
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
EAST RICHLAND WW DISTRICT'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 EAST RICHLAND WW DISTRICT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 6,264th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.