Is LAWTELL WATER WORKS DISTRICT NO 1's water safe to drink?
LAWTELL WATER WORKS DISTRICT NO 1 had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. It serves 3,717 people through 1,239 service connections.
LAWTELL WATER WORKS DISTRICT NO 1's record against the rest of the country
LAWTELL WATER WORKS DISTRICT NO 1 has 13 violations on record in total, 7 of thems health-based - ranking it 2,810th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 78th percentile nationally.
How LAWTELL WATER WORKS DISTRICT NO 1 compares within LA
LA's 347 covered systems average 12.6 health-based violations each; LAWTELL WATER WORKS DISTRICT NO 1 carries 7, not more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for LAWTELL WATER WORKS DISTRICT NO 1 is from 2024-02-04 (health-based: 2024-02-04). Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
LAWTELL WATER WORKS DISTRICT NO 1'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 this data is and is not
Everything on this page is LAWTELL WATER WORKS DISTRICT NO 1's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 7 health-based violations on file for LAWTELL WATER WORKS DISTRICT NO 1 - 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.