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CITY OF BATESVILLE: EPA violation history, explained

CITY OF BATESVILLE has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 7,463, over 3,827 connections.

CITY OF BATESVILLE's record against the rest of the country

177 total violations and 2 health-based ones put CITY OF BATESVILLE at the 56th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,701 of 12,903.

Against the MS average

MS's 349 covered systems average 3.2 health-based violations each; CITY OF BATESVILLE carries 2, not more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.

Most recent violation on record

CITY OF BATESVILLE's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 1995-01-10. Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.

The concern categories on record

CITY OF BATESVILLE'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 microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.

What CITY OF BATESVILLE's record does not cover

This is what CITY OF BATESVILLE 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 CITY OF BATESVILLE's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 5,701th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.