Is HEYBURN CITY OF's water safe to drink?
HEYBURN CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 3,000 people get their water from it, across 1,330 connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, HEYBURN CITY OF ranks 5,110th by violation burden (60th percentile) - 16 violations total, 3 health-baseds.
How HEYBURN CITY OF compares within ID
ID's 88 covered systems average 10.3 health-based violations each; HEYBURN CITY OF carries 3, 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 HEYBURN CITY OF is from 2018-01-10 (health-based: 2009-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
HEYBURN 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)
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 HEYBURN CITY OF 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. This record - 3 health-based violations on file for HEYBURN 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.