Is FT MADISON MUNI WATER WORKS's water safe to drink?
FT MADISON MUNI WATER WORKS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 11,087 people through 4,900 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
33 total violations and 6 health-based ones put FT MADISON MUNI WATER WORKS at the 76th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,038 of 12,903.
Against the IA average
FT MADISON MUNI WATER WORKS's 6 health-based violations sit above the IA average of 3.5, across 203 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
FT MADISON MUNI WATER WORKS's most recent violation on record is dated 2006-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 1998-01-08. Last reported to EPA: 06/17/2026.
The concern categories on record
FT MADISON MUNI WATER WORKS'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 FT MADISON MUNI WATER WORKS's record does not cover
FT MADISON MUNI WATER WORKS'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 FT MADISON MUNI WATER WORKS's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 3,038th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.