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LANCASTER CITY OF (SC2910001): EPA violation history, explained

LANCASTER CITY OF (SC2910001) has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 14,074, over 6,599 connections.

LANCASTER CITY OF (SC2910001)'s record against the rest of the country

19 total violations and 12 health-based ones put LANCASTER CITY OF (SC2910001) at the 87th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,632 of 12,903.

Against the SC average

SC's 198 covered systems average 3.8 health-based violations each; LANCASTER CITY OF (SC2910001) carries 12, more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.

Most recent violation on record

LANCASTER CITY OF (SC2910001)'s most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2015-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 06/29/2026.

The concern categories on record

LANCASTER CITY OF (SC2910001)'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 LANCASTER CITY OF (SC2910001)'s record does not cover

LANCASTER CITY OF (SC2910001)'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. This record - 12 health-based violations on file for LANCASTER CITY OF (SC2910001) - 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.