Is PANOLA-BETHANY WSC's water safe to drink?
PANOLA-BETHANY WSC has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 2,334 people through 778 service connections.
How this compares nationally
12 total violations and 2 health-based ones put PANOLA-BETHANY WSC at the 50th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 6,460 of 12,903.
How PANOLA-BETHANY WSC compares within LA
LA's 347 covered systems average 12.6 health-based violations each; PANOLA-BETHANY WSC carries 2, not 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 PANOLA-BETHANY WSC is from 2025-01-07 (health-based: 2010-01-05). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
PANOLA-BETHANY WSC'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
This is what PANOLA-BETHANY WSC 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 - 2 health-based violations on file for PANOLA-BETHANY WSC - 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.