Is UTILITIES INC - HAMMOND HEIGHTS's water safe to drink?
UTILITIES INC - HAMMOND HEIGHTS had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 4,281 people get their water from it, across 1,427 connections.
UTILITIES INC - HAMMOND HEIGHTS's record against the rest of the country
7 total violations and 2 health-based ones put UTILITIES INC - HAMMOND HEIGHTS at the 48th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 6,728 of 12,903.
How UTILITIES INC - HAMMOND HEIGHTS compares within LA
Among the 347 LA systems in this dataset, the average is 12.6 health-based violations - UTILITIES INC - HAMMOND HEIGHTS's 2 is at or below 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 UTILITIES INC - HAMMOND HEIGHTS is from 2025-05-10 (health-based: 2025-05-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
UTILITIES INC - HAMMOND HEIGHTS'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 UTILITIES INC - HAMMOND HEIGHTS 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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 7 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.