Porterville W/a, MS Water Quality
Is Porterville W/a's water safe to drink?
Porterville W/a's only violations on record are reporting or monitoring lapses, not a contaminant or treatment-technique failure EPA classifies as health-based. 2,445 people get their water from it, across 926 connections.
Porterville W/a's record against the rest of the country
176 total violations and 0 health-based ones put Porterville W/a at the 28th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 9,292 of 12,903.
How Porterville W/a compares within MS
Among the 361 MS systems in this dataset, the average is 3.1 health-based violations - Porterville W/a's 0 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 Porterville W/a is from 2012-01-10. Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What this data is and is not
Everything on this page is Porterville W/a's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 0 health-based violations on file for Porterville W/a - 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.