Is MALAGA WATER DISTRICT's water safe to drink?
MALAGA WATER DISTRICT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 2,478 people get their water from it, across 640 connections.
MALAGA WATER DISTRICT's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, MALAGA WATER DISTRICT ranks 3,610th by violation burden (72th percentile) - 19 violations total, 5 health-baseds.
How MALAGA WATER DISTRICT compares within WA
WA's 322 covered systems average 3.7 health-based violations each; MALAGA WATER DISTRICT carries 5, more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for MALAGA WATER DISTRICT is from 1998-01-08 (health-based: 1998-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 06/19/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
MALAGA WATER DISTRICT'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)
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
MALAGA WATER DISTRICT'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. Between the utility's meter and MALAGA WATER DISTRICT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 3,610th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.