Is CITY OF CORNING's water safe to drink?
CITY OF CORNING has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 8,244, over 2,438 connections.
CITY OF CORNING's record against the rest of the country
CITY OF CORNING has 14 violations on record in total, 12 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,659th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 87th percentile nationally.
How CITY OF CORNING compares within CA
CA's 803 covered systems average 5.8 health-based violations each; CITY OF CORNING carries 12, more than typical for the state. 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 CITY OF CORNING is from 2025-02-07 (health-based: 2004-01-02). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CITY OF CORNING'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
CITY OF CORNING's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. This record - 12 health-based violations on file for CITY OF CORNING - 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.