Is MALAD CITY OF's water safe to drink?
MALAD CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 2,200, over 996 connections.
How this compares nationally
21 total violations and 5 health-based ones put MALAD CITY OF at the 72th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,586 of 12,903.
How MALAD CITY OF compares within ID
ID's 88 covered systems average 10.3 health-based violations each; MALAD CITY OF carries 5, 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 MALAD CITY OF is from 2021-01-03 (health-based: 2015-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
MALAD 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: 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
Everything on this page is MALAD CITY OF'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 MALAD CITY OF's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 3,586th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.