Is GREATER WARD 1 WATERWORKS DISTRICT's water safe to drink?
GREATER WARD 1 WATERWORKS 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 3,333 people through 1,111 service connections.
GREATER WARD 1 WATERWORKS DISTRICT's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, GREATER WARD 1 WATERWORKS DISTRICT ranks 3,230th by violation burden (75th percentile) - 12 violations total, 6 health-baseds.
Against the LA average
LA's 347 covered systems average 12.6 health-based violations each; GREATER WARD 1 WATERWORKS DISTRICT carries 6, not more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
GREATER WARD 1 WATERWORKS DISTRICT's most recent violation on record is dated 2019-08-12, with the most recent health-based one dated 2019-06-11. Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.
The concern categories on record
GREATER WARD 1 WATERWORKS 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); 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 GREATER WARD 1 WATERWORKS DISTRICT's record does not cover
This is what GREATER WARD 1 WATERWORKS DISTRICT reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Between the utility's meter and GREATER WARD 1 WATERWORKS DISTRICT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 3,230th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.