Is SOUTH CLAIBORNE WATER SYSTEM's water safe to drink?
SOUTH CLAIBORNE WATER SYSTEM has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 3,843 people get their water from it, across 1,281 connections.
SOUTH CLAIBORNE WATER SYSTEM's record against the rest of the country
SOUTH CLAIBORNE WATER SYSTEM has 7 violations on record in total, 4 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,521th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 65th percentile nationally.
How SOUTH CLAIBORNE WATER SYSTEM compares within LA
LA's 347 covered systems average 12.6 health-based violations each; SOUTH CLAIBORNE WATER SYSTEM carries 4, 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 SOUTH CLAIBORNE WATER SYSTEM is from 2013-01-10 (health-based: 2000-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
SOUTH CLAIBORNE 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)
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 SOUTH CLAIBORNE 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. Between the utility's meter and SOUTH CLAIBORNE WATER SYSTEM's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,521th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.