PHILIPPI CITY OF: EPA violation history, explained
PHILIPPI CITY OF had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 3,544 people get their water from it, across 1,566 connections.
PHILIPPI CITY OF's record against the rest of the country
53 total violations and 5 health-based ones put PHILIPPI CITY OF at the 73th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,436 of 12,903.
How PHILIPPI CITY OF compares within WV
Among the 135 WV systems in this dataset, the average is 6.4 health-based violations - PHILIPPI CITY OF's 5 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 PHILIPPI CITY OF is from 2025-12-09 (health-based: 2024-01-09). Last reported to EPA: 05/19/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
PHILIPPI 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: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
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
PHILIPPI 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 PHILIPPI CITY OF's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 3,436th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.