Providence-City of, RI Water Quality
Providence-City of: EPA violation history, explained
Providence-City of has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 333,142 people through 79,554 service connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, Providence-City of ranks 5,222th by violation burden (60th percentile) - 11 violations total, 3 health-based.
How Providence-City of compares within RI
Among the 33 RI systems in this dataset, the average is 5.6 health-based violations - Providence-City of's 3 is at or below that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for Providence-City of is from 2025-10-11 (health-based: 2018-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 05/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
Providence-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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: Lead and Copper Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Tthm
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
Everything on this page is Providence-City of's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and Providence-City of's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 5,222th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.