Is SANDY LAKE WATER SUPPLY's water safe to drink?
SANDY LAKE WATER SUPPLY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 3,141 people through 1,047 service connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, SANDY LAKE WATER SUPPLY ranks 6,816th by violation burden (47th percentile) - 6 violations total, 2 health-baseds.
How SANDY LAKE WATER SUPPLY compares within LA
LA's 347 covered systems average 12.6 health-based violations each; SANDY LAKE WATER SUPPLY carries 2, not more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for SANDY LAKE WATER SUPPLY is from 2014-01-04 (health-based: 2014-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
SANDY LAKE WATER SUPPLY'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
Everything on this page is SANDY LAKE WATER SUPPLY's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and SANDY LAKE WATER SUPPLY's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 6,816th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.