Is KENT COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY's water safe to drink?
KENT COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 94,107 people through 27,583 service connections.
KENT COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, KENT COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY ranks 8,346th by violation burden (35th percentile) - 8 violations total, 1 health-based.
How KENT COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY compares within RI
RI's 32 covered systems average 5.6 health-based violations each; KENT COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY carries 1, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for KENT COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY is from 2019-11-12 (health-based: 2013-01-09). Last reported to EPA: 05/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
KENT COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY'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 KENT COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY 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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 8 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.