What's in HURON, CITY OF's water?
HURON, 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. Population served: 9,306, over 981 connections.
HURON, CITY OF's record against the rest of the country
81 total violations and 71 health-based ones put HURON, CITY OF at the 99th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 149 of 12,903.
How HURON, CITY OF compares within CA
Among the 803 CA systems in this dataset, the average is 5.8 health-based violations - HURON, CITY OF's 71 is above 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 HURON, CITY OF is from 2026-01-03 (health-based: 2026-01-03). Last reported to EPA: 06/22/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
HURON, 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); Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
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
HURON, 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 HURON, CITY OF's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 149th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.