Fort McDowell Community: EPA violation history, explained
Fort McDowell Community had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. It serves 7,260 people through 367 service connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, Fort McDowell Community ranks 1,556th by violation burden (88th percentile) - 78 violations total, 12 health-baseds.
How Fort McDowell Community compares within AZ
Among the 199 AZ systems in this dataset, the average is 8.2 health-based violations - Fort McDowell Community's 12 is above that. 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 Fort McDowell Community is from 2025-01-07 (health-based: 2025-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
Fort McDowell Community'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)
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Arsenic
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
Fort McDowell Community'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 Fort McDowell Community's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,556th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.