Is DECATUR WATERWORKS's water safe to drink?
DECATUR WATERWORKS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 2,468, over 987 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, DECATUR WATERWORKS ranks 4,106th by violation burden (68th percentile) - 31 violations total, 4 health-baseds.
Against the AR average
DECATUR WATERWORKS's 4 health-based violations sit within the AR average of 7.1, across 243 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
DECATUR WATERWORKS's most recent violation on record is dated 2011-01-11, with the most recent health-based one dated 1996-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 05/12/2026.
The concern categories on record
DECATUR WATERWORKS'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: Surface Water Treatment 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 DECATUR WATERWORKS's record does not cover
Everything on this page is DECATUR WATERWORKS's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 4 health-based violations on file for DECATUR WATERWORKS - 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.