Is BENTON CITY WATER's water safe to drink?
BENTON CITY WATER has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 5,626 people get their water from it, across 1,765 connections.
BENTON CITY WATER's record against the rest of the country
BENTON CITY WATER has 33 violations on record in total, 16 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,149th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 91th percentile nationally.
How BENTON CITY WATER compares within WA
Among the 322 WA systems in this dataset, the average is 3.7 health-based violations - BENTON CITY WATER's 16 is above that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for BENTON CITY WATER is from 2014-01-07 (health-based: 1999-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/19/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
BENTON CITY WATER'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
Everything on this page is BENTON CITY WATER's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 33 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.