What's in NEWPORT-CITY OF's water?
NEWPORT-CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 42,155, over 15,709 connections.
How this compares nationally
NEWPORT-CITY OF has 28 violations on record in total, 10 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,948th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 85th percentile nationally.
How NEWPORT-CITY OF compares within RI
RI's 32 covered systems average 5.6 health-based violations each; NEWPORT-CITY OF carries 10, more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for NEWPORT-CITY OF is from 2025-01-07 (health-based: 2013-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 05/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
NEWPORT-CITY OF'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
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
- 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
NEWPORT-CITY OF's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. Between the utility's meter and NEWPORT-CITY OF's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,948th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.