DrinkingWaterCheck

Is JONESBORO WATER DEPARTMENT's water safe to drink?

JONESBORO WATER DEPARTMENT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 2,034, over 801 connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

JONESBORO WATER DEPARTMENT has 33 violations on record in total, 4 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,092th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 68th percentile nationally.

Against the IN average

JONESBORO WATER DEPARTMENT's 4 health-based violations sit above the IN average of 2.9, across 283 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.

Most recent violation on record

JONESBORO WATER DEPARTMENT's most recent violation on record is dated 2026-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2006-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.

The concern categories on record

JONESBORO 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:

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 JONESBORO WATER DEPARTMENT's record does not cover

Everything on this page is JONESBORO WATER DEPARTMENT's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and JONESBORO WATER DEPARTMENT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,092th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.