FRANKLIN PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM: EPA violation history, explained
FRANKLIN PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 11,690 people through 4,835 service connections.
FRANKLIN PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM's record against the rest of the country
52 total violations and 2 health-based ones put FRANKLIN PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM at the 54th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,909 of 12,903.
How FRANKLIN PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM compares within OH
OH's 394 covered systems average 5.5 health-based violations each; FRANKLIN PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM carries 2, not more than typical for the state. 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 FRANKLIN PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM is from 2026-06-12 (health-based: 1992-01-11). Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
FRANKLIN PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM'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)
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 FRANKLIN PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM 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 FRANKLIN PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 5,909th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.