CITY OF WATERFORD: EPA violation history, explained
CITY OF WATERFORD has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 8,788 people through 2,174 service connections.
CITY OF WATERFORD's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, CITY OF WATERFORD ranks 3,838th by violation burden (70th percentile) - 6 violations total, 5 health-baseds.
How CITY OF WATERFORD compares within CA
CITY OF WATERFORD's 5 health-based violations sit within the CA average of 5.8, across 803 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 WATERFORD is from 2014-01-12 (health-based: 2014-01-12). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CITY OF WATERFORD'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)
- Nitrate / nitrite - flagged from: Nitrate
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Arsenic; Fluoride; Selenium
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
Everything on this page is CITY OF WATERFORD's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and CITY OF WATERFORD's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 3,838th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.