DrinkingWaterCheck

PRESCOTT WATERWORKS: EPA violation history, explained

PRESCOTT WATERWORKS 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: 4,500, over 1,880 connections.

PRESCOTT WATERWORKS's record against the rest of the country

20 total violations and 15 health-based ones put PRESCOTT WATERWORKS at the 90th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,268 of 12,903.

Against the AR average

Among the 243 AR systems in this dataset, the average is 7.1 health-based violations - PRESCOTT WATERWORKS's 15 is above that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.

Most recent violation on record

PRESCOTT WATERWORKS's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-01-06, with the most recent health-based one dated 2024-01-06. Last reported to EPA: 05/12/2026.

The concern categories on record

PRESCOTT WATERWORKS'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 PRESCOTT WATERWORKS's record does not cover

PRESCOTT WATERWORKS'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 PRESCOTT WATERWORKS's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,268th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.