Is FOURTH WARD WATER WORKS's water safe to drink?
FOURTH WARD WATER WORKS has at least one health-based violation EPA's ECHO database still lists as unaddressed - the required fix has not been reported complete. It serves 4,839 people through 1,613 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, FOURTH WARD WATER WORKS ranks 2,248th by violation burden (83th percentile) - 13 violations total, 9 health-baseds.
Against the LA average
FOURTH WARD WATER WORKS's 9 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
FOURTH WARD WATER WORKS's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-12-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2025-01-06. Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.
The concern categories on record
FOURTH WARD WATER WORKS'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 FOURTH WARD WATER WORKS's record does not cover
FOURTH WARD WATER WORKS'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 FOURTH WARD WATER WORKS's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,248th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.