Is CITY OF WAYNESBORO's water safe to drink?
CITY OF WAYNESBORO had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 4,570 people get their water from it, across 2,126 connections.
CITY OF WAYNESBORO's record against the rest of the country
309 total violations and 9 health-based ones put CITY OF WAYNESBORO at the 84th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 2,038 of 12,903.
Against the MS average
CITY OF WAYNESBORO's 9 health-based violations sit above the MS average of 3.2, across 349 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
CITY OF WAYNESBORO's most recent violation on record is dated 2026-05-09, with the most recent health-based one dated 2025-05-10. Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
The concern categories on record
CITY OF WAYNESBORO'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
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
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 WAYNESBORO's record does not cover
CITY OF WAYNESBORO'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 WAYNESBORO's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,038th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.