What's in COLUMBUS UTILITIES's water?
COLUMBUS UTILITIES has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 5,173, over 1,915 connections.
COLUMBUS UTILITIES's record against the rest of the country
COLUMBUS UTILITIES has 61 violations on record in total, 8 of thems health-based - ranking it 2,336th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 82th percentile nationally.
Against the average
COLUMBUS UTILITIES's 8 health-based violations sit within the average of 11.2, across 244 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
COLUMBUS UTILITIES's most recent violation on record is dated 2023-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2019-01-10. Last reported to EPA: 05/29/2026.
The concern categories on record
COLUMBUS UTILITIES'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
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What COLUMBUS UTILITIES's record does not cover
COLUMBUS UTILITIES'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. This record - 8 health-based violations on file for COLUMBUS UTILITIES - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.