Is AKRON CITY PWS's water safe to drink?
AKRON CITY PWS 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 280,000 people through 94,791 service connections.
AKRON CITY PWS's record against the rest of the country
AKRON CITY PWS has 61 violations on record in total, 14 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,323th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 90th percentile nationally.
Against the OH average
AKRON CITY PWS's 14 health-based violations sit above the OH average of 5.5, across 394 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
AKRON CITY PWS's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2025-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.
The concern categories on record
AKRON CITY PWS'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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What AKRON CITY PWS's record does not cover
AKRON CITY PWS'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. Between the utility's meter and AKRON CITY PWS's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,323th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.