EMPORIA, CITY OF: EPA violation history, explained
EMPORIA, CITY OF 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: 7,594, over 2,712 connections.
EMPORIA, CITY OF's record against the rest of the country
37 total violations and 27 health-based ones put EMPORIA, CITY OF at the 95th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 656 of 12,903.
How EMPORIA, CITY OF compares within VA
Among the 186 VA systems in this dataset, the average is 4.2 health-based violations - EMPORIA, CITY OF's 27 is above that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for EMPORIA, CITY OF is from 2024-01-10 (health-based: 2023-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 05/19/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
EMPORIA, 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)
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
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
Everything on this page is EMPORIA, CITY OF'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 EMPORIA, CITY OF's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 656th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.