Is LWWSD - SOUTH SHORE WATER SYSTEM's water safe to drink?
LWWSD - SOUTH SHORE WATER SYSTEM has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 10,028, over 4,038 connections.
How this compares nationally
27 total violations and 3 health-based ones put LWWSD - SOUTH SHORE WATER SYSTEM at the 62th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 4,962 of 12,903.
Against the WA average
Among the 322 WA systems in this dataset, the average is 3.7 health-based violations - LWWSD - SOUTH SHORE WATER SYSTEM's 3 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
LWWSD - SOUTH SHORE WATER SYSTEM's most recent violation on record is dated 2012-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2004-01-11. Last reported to EPA: 06/19/2026.
The concern categories on record
LWWSD - SOUTH SHORE WATER SYSTEM'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
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Cadmium
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 LWWSD - SOUTH SHORE WATER SYSTEM's record does not cover
This is what LWWSD - SOUTH SHORE WATER SYSTEM 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 - 3 health-based violations on file for LWWSD - SOUTH SHORE WATER SYSTEM - 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.