Is LOWER KULA's water safe to drink?

LOWER KULA has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 3,522, over 1,064 connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

44 total violations and 28 health-based ones put LOWER KULA at the 95th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 628 of 12,903.

How LOWER KULA compares within HI

Among the 47 HI systems in this dataset, the average is 8.4 health-based violations - LOWER KULA's 28 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 LOWER KULA is from 2017-01-01 (health-based: 1997-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/03/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

LOWER KULA'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); Surface Water Treatment 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

This is what LOWER KULA 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. This record - 28 health-based violations on file for LOWER KULA - 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.