Is PORTSMOUTH WATER & FIRE DISTRICT's water safe to drink?
PORTSMOUTH WATER & FIRE DISTRICT had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 17,090, over 6,893 connections.
PORTSMOUTH WATER & FIRE DISTRICT's record against the rest of the country
PORTSMOUTH WATER & FIRE DISTRICT has 13 violations on record in total, 9 of thems health-based - ranking it 2,244th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 83th percentile nationally.
How PORTSMOUTH WATER & FIRE DISTRICT compares within RI
RI's 32 covered systems average 5.6 health-based violations each; PORTSMOUTH WATER & FIRE DISTRICT carries 9, more than typical for the state. 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 WATER & FIRE DISTRICT is from 2023-01-04 (health-based: 2023-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 05/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
PORTSMOUTH WATER & FIRE DISTRICT'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: Coliform (TCR)
- 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
PORTSMOUTH WATER & FIRE DISTRICT'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 PORTSMOUTH WATER & FIRE DISTRICT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,244th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.