Is FORT WAYNE - 3 RIVERS FILTRATION PLANT's water safe to drink?
FORT WAYNE - 3 RIVERS FILTRATION PLANT had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 269,994 people get their water from it, across 109,896 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
20 total violations and 5 health-based ones put FORT WAYNE - 3 RIVERS FILTRATION PLANT at the 72th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,588 of 12,903.
How FORT WAYNE - 3 RIVERS FILTRATION PLANT compares within IN
FORT WAYNE - 3 RIVERS FILTRATION PLANT's 5 health-based violations sit above the IN average of 2.9, across 283 systems statewide. 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 FORT WAYNE - 3 RIVERS FILTRATION PLANT is from 2025-01-12 (health-based: 2022-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
FORT WAYNE - 3 RIVERS FILTRATION PLANT'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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: Lead and Copper Rule
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: Atrazine
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
This is what FORT WAYNE - 3 RIVERS FILTRATION PLANT 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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 20 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.