Is MARION WATER & SEWER BOARD, CITY OF's water safe to drink?
MARION WATER & SEWER BOARD, CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 4,188 people through 1,396 service connections.
MARION WATER & SEWER BOARD, CITY OF's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, MARION WATER & SEWER BOARD, CITY OF ranks 3,995th by violation burden (69th percentile) - 65 violations total, 4 health-baseds.
Against the AL average
AL's 364 covered systems average 2.1 health-based violations each; MARION WATER & SEWER BOARD, CITY OF carries 4, more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
MARION WATER & SEWER BOARD, CITY OF's most recent violation on record is dated 2026-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2013-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
The concern categories on record
MARION WATER & SEWER BOARD, 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)
- Radionuclides - flagged from: Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
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 & SEWER BOARD, CITY OF's record does not cover
MARION WATER & SEWER BOARD, 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. This record - 4 health-based violations on file for MARION WATER & SEWER BOARD, CITY OF - 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.