DrinkingWaterCheck

Is LAKE HAVASU CITY OF's water safe to drink?

LAKE HAVASU CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 54,610 people through 29,600 service connections.

LAKE HAVASU CITY OF's record against the rest of the country

LAKE HAVASU CITY OF has 294 violations on record in total, 3 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,618th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 64th percentile nationally.

Against the AZ average

LAKE HAVASU CITY OF's 3 health-based violations sit within the AZ average of 8.2, across 199 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.

Most recent violation on record

LAKE HAVASU CITY OF's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2014-01-10. Last reported to EPA: 05/14/2026.

The concern categories on record

LAKE HAVASU CITY OF'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:

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 LAKE HAVASU CITY OF's record does not cover

LAKE HAVASU CITY OF'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 294 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.