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BEREA CITY PWS: EPA violation history, explained

BEREA CITY PWS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 18,789 people through 6,985 service connections.

BEREA CITY PWS's record against the rest of the country

15 total violations and 1 health-based ones put BEREA CITY PWS at the 38th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 7,958 of 12,903.

Against the OH average

OH's 394 covered systems average 5.5 health-based violations each; BEREA CITY PWS carries 1, not more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.

Most recent violation on record

BEREA CITY PWS's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-11-12, with the most recent health-based one dated 2019-01-04. Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.

The concern categories on record

BEREA 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:

The most severe category on record is disinfection byproducts, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.

What BEREA CITY PWS's record does not cover

This is what BEREA CITY PWS 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. This record - 1 health-based violation on file for BEREA CITY PWS - 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.