Is CITY OF MEMPHIS's water safe to drink?
CITY OF MEMPHIS has at least one health-based violation EPA's ECHO database still lists as unaddressed - the required fix has not been reported complete. 2,290 people get their water from it, across 1,022 connections.
CITY OF MEMPHIS's record against the rest of the country
19 total violations and 2 health-based ones put CITY OF MEMPHIS at the 52th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 6,241 of 12,903.
Against the TX average
TX's 1,633 covered systems average 6.7 health-based violations each; CITY OF MEMPHIS 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 MEMPHIS's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-05-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2025-05-10. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
The concern categories on record
CITY OF MEMPHIS'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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
- Nitrate / nitrite - flagged from: Nitrate
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What CITY OF MEMPHIS's record does not cover
This is what CITY OF MEMPHIS 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 MEMPHIS's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 6,241th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.