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POCATELLO CITY OF: EPA violation history, explained

POCATELLO CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 58,231 people get their water from it, across 18,712 connections.

POCATELLO CITY OF's record against the rest of the country

491 total violations and 3 health-based ones put POCATELLO CITY OF at the 64th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 4,604 of 12,903.

How POCATELLO CITY OF compares within ID

POCATELLO CITY OF's 3 health-based violations sit within the ID average of 10.3, across 88 systems statewide. 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 POCATELLO CITY OF is from 2025-01-04 (health-based: 2021-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

POCATELLO 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:

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 POCATELLO CITY OF's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 3 health-based violations on file for POCATELLO CITY OF - 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.