TOWN OF INDEPENDENCE WATER SYSTEM: EPA violation history, explained
TOWN OF INDEPENDENCE WATER SYSTEM has at least one health-based violation EPA's ECHO database still lists as unaddressed - the required fix has not been reported complete. 3,052 people get their water from it, across 763 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
37 total violations and 7 health-based ones put TOWN OF INDEPENDENCE WATER SYSTEM at the 79th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 2,650 of 12,903.
How TOWN OF INDEPENDENCE WATER SYSTEM compares within LA
LA's 347 covered systems average 12.6 health-based violations each; TOWN OF INDEPENDENCE WATER SYSTEM carries 7, 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 TOWN OF INDEPENDENCE WATER SYSTEM is from 2027-02-02 (health-based: 2026-05-12). Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
TOWN OF INDEPENDENCE 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); 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 this data is and is not
This is what TOWN OF INDEPENDENCE 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 INDEPENDENCE WATER SYSTEM's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,650th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.