Is NAVAL STATION, NEWPORT's water safe to drink?
NAVAL STATION, NEWPORT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 7,870 people get their water from it, across 925 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, NAVAL STATION, NEWPORT ranks 1,022th by violation burden (92th percentile) - 29 violations total, 18 health-baseds.
How NAVAL STATION, NEWPORT compares within RI
Among the 32 RI systems in this dataset, the average is 5.6 health-based violations - NAVAL STATION, NEWPORT's 18 is above that. 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 NAVAL STATION, NEWPORT is from 2023-01-01 (health-based: 2014-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 05/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
NAVAL STATION, NEWPORT'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)
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
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 NAVAL STATION, NEWPORT's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 18 health-based violations on file for NAVAL STATION, NEWPORT - 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.