What's in JAMESTOWN WATER DEPARTMENT's water?
JAMESTOWN WATER DEPARTMENT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 3,348 people get their water from it, across 1,573 connections.
JAMESTOWN WATER DEPARTMENT's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, JAMESTOWN WATER DEPARTMENT ranks 5,008th by violation burden (61th percentile) - 22 violations total, 3 health-baseds.
How JAMESTOWN WATER DEPARTMENT compares within RI
JAMESTOWN WATER DEPARTMENT's 3 health-based violations sit within the RI average of 5.6, across 32 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for JAMESTOWN WATER DEPARTMENT is from 2025-01-06 (health-based: 2016-01-05). Last reported to EPA: 05/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
JAMESTOWN WATER DEPARTMENT'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)
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: Chlorine dioxide
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
Everything on this page is JAMESTOWN WATER DEPARTMENT's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 3 health-based violations on file for JAMESTOWN WATER DEPARTMENT - 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.