Is TOWN OF COTTONPORT WATER SYSTEM's water safe to drink?
TOWN OF COTTONPORT WATER SYSTEM had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 3,120 people get their water from it, across 1,040 connections.
How this compares nationally
23 total violations and 14 health-based ones put TOWN OF COTTONPORT WATER SYSTEM at the 89th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,378 of 12,903.
How TOWN OF COTTONPORT WATER SYSTEM compares within LA
TOWN OF COTTONPORT WATER SYSTEM's 14 health-based violations sit above the LA average of 12.6, across 347 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for TOWN OF COTTONPORT WATER SYSTEM is from 2026-12-02 (health-based: 2025-05-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
TOWN OF COTTONPORT 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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); Groundwater Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
This is what TOWN OF COTTONPORT 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 TOWN OF COTTONPORT WATER SYSTEM's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,378th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.