Is CARSON CITY's water safe to drink?
CARSON CITY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 3,322, over 525 connections.
CARSON CITY's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, CARSON CITY ranks 8,243th by violation burden (36th percentile) - 10 violations total, 1 health-based.
How CARSON CITY compares within MI
MI's 390 covered systems average 1.3 health-based violations each; CARSON CITY carries 1, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for CARSON CITY is from 2025-01-07 (health-based: 1994-01-06). Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CARSON 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: 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 CARSON 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 CARSON CITY's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 8,243th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.