Is CITY OF MORTON's water safe to drink?
CITY OF MORTON has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 3,400 people get their water from it, across 2,097 connections.
How this compares nationally
267 total violations and 2 health-based ones put CITY OF MORTON at the 56th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,662 of 12,903.
Against the MS average
Among the 349 MS systems in this dataset, the average is 3.2 health-based violations - CITY OF MORTON'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 MORTON's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2010-01-09. Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
The concern categories on record
CITY OF MORTON'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 MORTON's record does not cover
This is what CITY OF MORTON 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 MORTON's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 5,662th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.