What's in INDIAN WELLS VALLEY W.D.'s water?
INDIAN WELLS VALLEY W.D. has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 41,580 people get their water from it, across 12,600 connections.
How this compares nationally
INDIAN WELLS VALLEY W.D. has 22 violations on record in total, 20 of thems health-based - ranking it 914th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 93th percentile nationally.
How INDIAN WELLS VALLEY W.D. compares within CA
Among the 803 CA systems in this dataset, the average is 5.8 health-based violations - INDIAN WELLS VALLEY W.D.'s 20 is above 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 INDIAN WELLS VALLEY W.D. is from 2012-01-01 (health-based: 2012-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
INDIAN WELLS VALLEY W.D.'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)
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Arsenic
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
This is what INDIAN WELLS VALLEY W.D. 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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 22 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.