Is METROPOLITAN UTILITIES DISTRICT's water safe to drink?
METROPOLITAN UTILITIES DISTRICT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 660,000, over 220,882 connections.
METROPOLITAN UTILITIES DISTRICT's record against the rest of the country
5 total violations and 1 health-based ones put METROPOLITAN UTILITIES DISTRICT at the 33th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 8,637 of 12,903.
Against the NE average
METROPOLITAN UTILITIES DISTRICT's 1 health-based violations sit within the NE average of 8.9, across 64 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
METROPOLITAN UTILITIES DISTRICT's most recent violation on record is dated 2023-01-04, with the most recent health-based one dated 2000-01-12. Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
The concern categories on record
METROPOLITAN UTILITIES DISTRICT'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: 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 METROPOLITAN UTILITIES DISTRICT's record does not cover
This is what METROPOLITAN UTILITIES DISTRICT 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 - 1 health-based violation on file for METROPOLITAN UTILITIES DISTRICT - 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.