Is BLANDING CITY's water safe to drink?
BLANDING CITY had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 3,760 people get their water from it, across 1,450 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, BLANDING CITY ranks 5,727th by violation burden (56th percentile) - 145 violations total, 2 health-baseds.
How BLANDING CITY compares within UT
Among the 145 UT systems in this dataset, the average is 2.8 health-based violations - BLANDING CITY's 2 is at or below 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 BLANDING CITY is from 2025-01-12 (health-based: 2025-01-12). Last reported to EPA: 06/17/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
BLANDING CITY'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: Groundwater Rule; Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
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 BLANDING CITY 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 BLANDING CITY's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 5,727th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.