Is REDWOOD VALLEY COUNTY WATER DISTRICT's water safe to drink?
REDWOOD VALLEY COUNTY WATER DISTRICT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 5,200, over 1,317 connections.
REDWOOD VALLEY COUNTY WATER DISTRICT's record against the rest of the country
7 total violations and 5 health-based ones put REDWOOD VALLEY COUNTY WATER DISTRICT at the 70th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,817 of 12,903.
How REDWOOD VALLEY COUNTY WATER DISTRICT compares within CA
CA's 803 covered systems average 5.8 health-based violations each; REDWOOD VALLEY COUNTY WATER DISTRICT carries 5, 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 REDWOOD VALLEY COUNTY WATER DISTRICT is from 2005-01-04 (health-based: 2005-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
REDWOOD VALLEY COUNTY 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: Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
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
REDWOOD VALLEY COUNTY 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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 7 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.