Is TOWN OF SUNSET WATER SYSTEM's water safe to drink?
TOWN OF SUNSET WATER SYSTEM has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 4,356, over 1,452 connections.
TOWN OF SUNSET WATER SYSTEM's record against the rest of the country
TOWN OF SUNSET WATER SYSTEM has 27 violations on record in total, 7 of thems health-based - ranking it 2,687th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 79th percentile nationally.
How TOWN OF SUNSET WATER SYSTEM compares within LA
Among the 347 LA systems in this dataset, the average is 12.6 health-based violations - TOWN OF SUNSET WATER SYSTEM's 7 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 TOWN OF SUNSET WATER SYSTEM is from 2023-01-07 (health-based: 2020-11-08). Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
TOWN OF SUNSET 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
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); Groundwater Rule
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 SUNSET 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 - 7 health-based violations on file for TOWN OF SUNSET 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.