What's in CORTLAND CITY PWS's water?
CORTLAND CITY PWS had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 7,105, over 2,949 connections.
How this compares nationally
CORTLAND CITY PWS has 40 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 7,527th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 42th percentile nationally.
Against the OH average
Among the 394 OH systems in this dataset, the average is 5.5 health-based violations - CORTLAND CITY PWS's 1 is at or below that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
CORTLAND CITY PWS's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-05-12, with the most recent health-based one dated 2024-01-06. Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.
The concern categories on record
CORTLAND CITY PWS'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: Groundwater Rule
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 CORTLAND CITY PWS's record does not cover
Everything on this page is CORTLAND CITY PWS'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 CORTLAND CITY PWS's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 7,527th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.