Is CITY OF LAUREL's water safe to drink?
CITY OF LAUREL has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 18,100, over 8,900 connections.
CITY OF LAUREL's record against the rest of the country
CITY OF LAUREL has 182 violations on record in total, 2 of thems health-based - ranking it 5,699th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 56th percentile nationally.
Against the MS average
Among the 349 MS systems in this dataset, the average is 3.2 health-based violations - CITY OF LAUREL's 2 is at or below that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
CITY OF LAUREL's most recent violation on record is dated 2023-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2014-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
The concern categories on record
CITY OF LAUREL'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 CITY OF LAUREL's record does not cover
CITY OF LAUREL'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. Between the utility's meter and CITY OF LAUREL's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 5,699th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.