Is PORTSMOUTH CITY's water safe to drink?
PORTSMOUTH CITY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 40,475, over 13,442 connections.
How this compares nationally
5 total violations and 1 health-based ones put PORTSMOUTH CITY at the 33th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 8,661 of 12,903.
How PORTSMOUTH CITY compares within OH
Among the 394 OH systems in this dataset, the average is 5.5 health-based violations - PORTSMOUTH CITY's 1 is at or below that. 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 PORTSMOUTH CITY is from 2025-02-07 (health-based: 2002-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
PORTSMOUTH CITY'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:
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
The most severe category on record is synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / vocs, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
Everything on this page is PORTSMOUTH CITY's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 1 health-based violation on file for PORTSMOUTH CITY - 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.