What's in ARTESIAN WATER COMPANY's water?
ARTESIAN WATER COMPANY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 231,114 people through 85,347 service connections.
ARTESIAN WATER COMPANY's record against the rest of the country
8 total violations and 3 health-based ones put ARTESIAN WATER COMPANY at the 59th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,353 of 12,903.
Against the average
's 244 covered systems average 11.2 health-based violations each; ARTESIAN WATER COMPANY carries 3, not more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
ARTESIAN WATER COMPANY's most recent violation on record is dated 2015-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2011-01-04. Last reported to EPA: 04/30/2026.
The concern categories on record
ARTESIAN WATER COMPANY'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)
- Radionuclides - flagged from: Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
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 ARTESIAN WATER COMPANY's record does not cover
This is what ARTESIAN WATER COMPANY 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 8 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.