What's in MARION WATER DEPARTMENT's water?
MARION WATER DEPARTMENT had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. It serves 3,039 people through 1,962 service connections.
MARION WATER DEPARTMENT's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, MARION WATER DEPARTMENT ranks 483th by violation burden (96th percentile) - 55 violations total, 34 health-baseds.
Against the KY average
Among the 273 KY systems in this dataset, the average is 9.4 health-based violations - MARION WATER DEPARTMENT's 34 is above that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
MARION WATER DEPARTMENT's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-02-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2022-01-10. Last reported to EPA: 06/18/2026.
The concern categories on record
MARION 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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: Atrazine; CARBON, TOTAL
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
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 MARION WATER DEPARTMENT's record does not cover
Everything on this page is MARION WATER DEPARTMENT's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 34 health-based violations on file for MARION WATER DEPARTMENT - 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.