What's in PIQUA CITY PWS's water?
PIQUA CITY PWS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 20,354 people get their water from it, across 8,824 connections.
PIQUA CITY PWS's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, PIQUA CITY PWS ranks 2,454th by violation burden (81th percentile) - 16 violations total, 8 health-baseds.
How PIQUA CITY PWS compares within OH
PIQUA CITY PWS's 8 health-based violations sit above the OH average of 5.5, across 394 systems statewide. 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 PIQUA CITY PWS is from 2025-02-07 (health-based: 2015-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
PIQUA 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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Surface Water Treatment Rule
- 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 PIQUA CITY PWS's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and PIQUA CITY PWS's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,454th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.