What's in FOUNTAIN CITY OF's water?
FOUNTAIN CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 25,130 people through 8,500 service connections.
FOUNTAIN CITY OF's record against the rest of the country
139 total violations and 2 health-based ones put FOUNTAIN CITY OF at the 56th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,735 of 12,903.
How FOUNTAIN CITY OF compares within CO
Among the 230 CO systems in this dataset, the average is 3.0 health-based violations - FOUNTAIN CITY OF's 2 is at or below 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 FOUNTAIN CITY OF is from 2023-01-01 (health-based: 2008-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/17/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
FOUNTAIN 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)
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Selenium
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
FOUNTAIN CITY OF'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. This record - 2 health-based violations on file for FOUNTAIN CITY OF - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.