What's in EAST PROVIDENCE-CITY OF's water?
EAST PROVIDENCE-CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 47,618, over 15,337 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
EAST PROVIDENCE-CITY OF has 12 violations on record in total, 7 of thems health-based - ranking it 2,819th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 78th percentile nationally.
How EAST PROVIDENCE-CITY OF compares within RI
Among the 32 RI systems in this dataset, the average is 5.6 health-based violations - EAST PROVIDENCE-CITY OF's 7 is above that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for EAST PROVIDENCE-CITY OF is from 2018-02-10 (health-based: 2018-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 05/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
EAST PROVIDENCE-CITY OF'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); Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
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 EAST PROVIDENCE-CITY OF 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. Between the utility's meter and EAST PROVIDENCE-CITY OF's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,819th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.