What's in GARDNER COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM's water?
GARDNER COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 4,566 people get their water from it, across 1,522 connections.
How this compares nationally
GARDNER COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM has 8 violations on record in total, 6 of thems health-based - ranking it 3,287th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 75th percentile nationally.
How GARDNER COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM compares within LA
GARDNER COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM's 6 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
The last violation EPA has on record for GARDNER COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM is from 2013-01-08 (health-based: 2013-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
GARDNER COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM'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
GARDNER COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM'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. This record - 6 health-based violations on file for GARDNER COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.