What's in MENA WATER DEPARTMENT's water?
MENA WATER DEPARTMENT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 5,604, over 3,802 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
MENA WATER DEPARTMENT has 15 violations on record in total, 12 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,655th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 87th percentile nationally.
Against the AR average
Among the 243 AR systems in this dataset, the average is 7.1 health-based violations - MENA WATER DEPARTMENT's 12 is above that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
MENA WATER DEPARTMENT's most recent violation on record is dated 2020-01-12, with the most recent health-based one dated 2020-01-12. Last reported to EPA: 05/12/2026.
The concern categories on record
MENA 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; Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Chlorite; 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 MENA WATER DEPARTMENT's record does not cover
This is what MENA WATER DEPARTMENT 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. Between the utility's meter and MENA WATER DEPARTMENT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,655th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.