CITY OF RUSTON WATER SYSTEM: EPA violation history, explained
CITY OF RUSTON WATER SYSTEM has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 22,468, over 8,391 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
CITY OF RUSTON WATER SYSTEM has 7 violations on record in total, 4 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,497th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 65th percentile nationally.
How CITY OF RUSTON WATER SYSTEM compares within LA
CITY OF RUSTON WATER SYSTEM's 4 health-based violations sit within the LA average of 12.6, across 347 systems statewide. 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 RUSTON WATER SYSTEM is from 2010-01-11 (health-based: 2010-01-11). Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CITY OF RUSTON WATER SYSTEM'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 RUSTON WATER SYSTEM'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 RUSTON WATER SYSTEM's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,497th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.