Is WESTWEGO WATERWORKS's water safe to drink?
WESTWEGO WATERWORKS had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 8,534 people get their water from it, across 3,800 connections.
WESTWEGO WATERWORKS's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, WESTWEGO WATERWORKS ranks 1,001th by violation burden (92th percentile) - 55 violations total, 18 health-baseds.
How WESTWEGO WATERWORKS compares within LA
Among the 347 LA systems in this dataset, the average is 12.6 health-based violations - WESTWEGO WATERWORKS's 18 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 WESTWEGO WATERWORKS is from 2025-05-10 (health-based: 2025-05-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
WESTWEGO WATERWORKS'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)
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Chlorite; 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
Everything on this page is WESTWEGO WATERWORKS's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 18 health-based violations on file for WESTWEGO WATERWORKS - 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.