Is LANDER, CITY OF's water safe to drink?
LANDER, 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: 7,615, over 4,297 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
LANDER, CITY OF has 62 violations on record in total, 2 of thems health-based - ranking it 5,865th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 55th percentile nationally.
How LANDER, CITY OF compares within WY
Among the 44 WY systems in this dataset, the average is 5.0 health-based violations - LANDER, CITY OF's 2 is at or below 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 LANDER, CITY OF is from 2023-01-11 (health-based: 2023-01-11). Last reported to EPA: 06/29/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
LANDER, 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: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
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
LANDER, 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 LANDER, CITY OF's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 5,865th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.