Is DOVER CITY PWS's water safe to drink?
DOVER CITY PWS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 13,253 people through 5,589 service connections.
DOVER CITY PWS's record against the rest of the country
DOVER CITY PWS has 26 violations on record in total, 9 of thems health-based - ranking it 2,155th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 83th percentile nationally.
How DOVER CITY PWS compares within OH
DOVER CITY PWS's 9 health-based violations sit above the OH average of 5.5, across 394 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for DOVER CITY PWS is from 2025-02-12 (health-based: 1997-01-12). Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
DOVER 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: Coliform (TCR)
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
DOVER CITY PWS'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 DOVER CITY PWS's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,155th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.