ALTA TOWN WATER SYSTEM: EPA violation history, explained
ALTA TOWN WATER SYSTEM has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 5,228 people get their water from it, across 88 connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, ALTA TOWN WATER SYSTEM ranks 5,840th by violation burden (55th percentile) - 71 violations total, 2 health-baseds.
How ALTA TOWN WATER SYSTEM compares within UT
UT's 145 covered systems average 2.8 health-based violations each; ALTA TOWN WATER SYSTEM carries 2, not more than typical for the state. 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 ALTA TOWN WATER SYSTEM is from 2025-01-07 (health-based: 2000-01-09). Last reported to EPA: 06/17/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
ALTA TOWN 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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
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 this data is and is not
This is what ALTA TOWN 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 ALTA TOWN WATER SYSTEM's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 5,840th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.