What's in TOWN OF OIL CITY WATER SYSTEM's water?
TOWN OF OIL CITY 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. It serves 2,148 people through 716 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, TOWN OF OIL CITY WATER SYSTEM ranks 81th by violation burden (99th percentile) - 147 violations total, 98 health-baseds.
How TOWN OF OIL CITY WATER SYSTEM compares within LA
Among the 347 LA systems in this dataset, the average is 12.6 health-based violations - TOWN OF OIL CITY WATER SYSTEM's 98 is above that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for TOWN OF OIL CITY WATER SYSTEM is from 2025-05-10 (health-based: 2025-05-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
TOWN OF OIL CITY 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); Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
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
TOWN OF OIL CITY WATER SYSTEM'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. This record - 98 health-based violations on file for TOWN OF OIL CITY WATER SYSTEM - 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.