Is TOWN OF WALKER WATER SYSTEM's water safe to drink?
TOWN OF WALKER 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. Population served: 15,813, over 4,842 connections.
How this compares nationally
17 total violations and 7 health-based ones put TOWN OF WALKER WATER SYSTEM at the 79th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 2,752 of 12,903.
How TOWN OF WALKER WATER SYSTEM compares within LA
Among the 347 LA systems in this dataset, the average is 12.6 health-based violations - TOWN OF WALKER WATER SYSTEM's 7 is at or below that. 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 WALKER 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 WALKER 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)
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 WALKER 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 WALKER WATER SYSTEM's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,752th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.