Is MASON, CITY OF's water safe to drink?
MASON, 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: 8,252, over 3,200 connections.
MASON, CITY OF's record against the rest of the country
MASON, CITY OF has 11 violations on record in total, 3 of thems health-based - ranking it 5,241th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 59th percentile nationally.
How MASON, CITY OF compares within MI
MI's 390 covered systems average 1.3 health-based violations each; MASON, CITY OF carries 3, more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for MASON, CITY OF is from 2023-01-07 (health-based: 2005-04-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
MASON, 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 this data is and is not
Everything on this page is MASON, CITY OF's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 11 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.