MERIDIAN WATER DEPT: EPA violation history, explained
MERIDIAN WATER DEPT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 147,340, over 47,953 connections.
MERIDIAN WATER DEPT's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, MERIDIAN WATER DEPT ranks 2,345th by violation burden (82th percentile) - 51 violations total, 8 health-baseds.
How MERIDIAN WATER DEPT compares within ID
Among the 88 ID systems in this dataset, the average is 10.3 health-based violations - MERIDIAN WATER DEPT's 8 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for MERIDIAN WATER DEPT is from 2016-01-01 (health-based: 1998-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
MERIDIAN WATER DEPT'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)
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 MERIDIAN WATER DEPT 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 - 8 health-based violations on file for MERIDIAN WATER DEPT - 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.