NORWALK CITY PWS: EPA violation history, explained
NORWALK CITY PWS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 17,466, over 7,130 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, NORWALK CITY PWS ranks 2,802th by violation burden (78th percentile) - 13 violations total, 7 health-baseds.
How NORWALK CITY PWS compares within OH
Among the 394 OH systems in this dataset, the average is 5.5 health-based violations - NORWALK CITY PWS's 7 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 NORWALK CITY PWS is from 2021-01-10 (health-based: 2004-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
NORWALK CITY PWS'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:
- Radionuclides - flagged from: Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: Atrazine
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
The most severe category on record is radionuclides, which points toward a reverse osmosis-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
NORWALK CITY PWS'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. This record - 7 health-based violations on file for NORWALK CITY PWS - 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.