Is TOWN OF COLFAX's water safe to drink?
TOWN OF COLFAX has at least one health-based violation EPA's ECHO database still lists as unaddressed - the required fix has not been reported complete. It serves 2,552 people through 827 service connections.
TOWN OF COLFAX's record against the rest of the country
22 total violations and 18 health-based ones put TOWN OF COLFAX at the 92th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,035 of 12,903.
Against the LA average
TOWN OF COLFAX's 18 health-based violations sit above the LA average of 12.6, across 347 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
TOWN OF COLFAX's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-10-03, with the most recent health-based one dated 2025-10-03. Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.
The concern categories on record
TOWN OF COLFAX'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); Groundwater Rule
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 TOWN OF COLFAX's record does not cover
Everything on this page is TOWN OF COLFAX's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 18 health-based violations on file for TOWN OF COLFAX - 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.