Is ELSINORE VALLEY MWD's water safe to drink?
ELSINORE VALLEY MWD has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 169,455 people through 48,435 service connections.
How this compares nationally
12 total violations and 8 health-based ones put ELSINORE VALLEY MWD at the 81th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 2,493 of 12,903.
How ELSINORE VALLEY MWD compares within CA
CA's 803 covered systems average 5.8 health-based violations each; ELSINORE VALLEY MWD carries 8, more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for ELSINORE VALLEY MWD is from 2014-01-07 (health-based: 2007-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
ELSINORE VALLEY MWD'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:
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Selenium
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
The most severe category on record is synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / vocs, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
ELSINORE VALLEY MWD'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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 12 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.