What's in MELBOURNE WATERWORKS's water?
MELBOURNE WATERWORKS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 4,126 people get their water from it, across 1,751 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
19 total violations and 9 health-based ones put MELBOURNE WATERWORKS at the 83th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 2,203 of 12,903.
How MELBOURNE WATERWORKS compares within AR
AR's 243 covered systems average 7.1 health-based violations each; MELBOURNE WATERWORKS carries 9, more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for MELBOURNE WATERWORKS is from 2021-01-12 (health-based: 2012-01-06). Last reported to EPA: 05/12/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
MELBOURNE WATERWORKS'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); 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
This is what MELBOURNE WATERWORKS reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. This record - 9 health-based violations on file for MELBOURNE WATERWORKS - 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.