COTTONWOOD MUTUAL: EPA violation history, explained
COTTONWOOD MUTUAL has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 3,145 people through 918 service connections.
COTTONWOOD MUTUAL's record against the rest of the country
114 total violations and 8 health-based ones put COTTONWOOD MUTUAL at the 82th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 2,305 of 12,903.
How COTTONWOOD MUTUAL compares within UT
UT's 145 covered systems average 2.8 health-based violations each; COTTONWOOD MUTUAL carries 8, more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for COTTONWOOD MUTUAL is from 2020-06-01 (health-based: 2020-06-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/17/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
COTTONWOOD MUTUAL'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); 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 this data is and is not
This is what COTTONWOOD MUTUAL reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. This record - 8 health-based violations on file for COTTONWOOD MUTUAL - 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.