SOUTHWEST LAUDERDALE W/A: EPA violation history, explained
SOUTHWEST LAUDERDALE W/A has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 2,724, over 650 connections.
SOUTHWEST LAUDERDALE W/A's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, SOUTHWEST LAUDERDALE W/A ranks 5,711th by violation burden (56th percentile) - 162 violations total, 2 health-baseds.
How SOUTHWEST LAUDERDALE W/A compares within MS
Among the 349 MS systems in this dataset, the average is 3.2 health-based violations - SOUTHWEST LAUDERDALE W/A's 2 is at or below that. 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 SOUTHWEST LAUDERDALE W/A is from 2025-01-02 (health-based: 2004-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
SOUTHWEST LAUDERDALE W/A'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
SOUTHWEST LAUDERDALE W/A'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 SOUTHWEST LAUDERDALE W/A's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 5,711th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.