Is GLOBE CITY OF's water safe to drink?
GLOBE CITY OF 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 7,536 people through 3,550 service connections.
How this compares nationally
698 total violations and 12 health-based ones put GLOBE CITY OF at the 88th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,528 of 12,903.
How GLOBE CITY OF compares within AZ
AZ's 199 covered systems average 8.2 health-based violations each; GLOBE CITY OF carries 12, 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 GLOBE CITY OF is from 2025-01-10 (health-based: 2023-07-01). Last reported to EPA: 05/14/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
GLOBE 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); Groundwater Rule
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
GLOBE 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. Between the utility's meter and GLOBE CITY OF's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,528th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.