Is QUINCY WATER DEPARTMENT CITY OF's water safe to drink?

QUINCY WATER DEPARTMENT CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 8,415, over 2,763 connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

QUINCY WATER DEPARTMENT CITY OF has 199 violations on record in total, 14 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,292th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 90th percentile nationally.

How QUINCY WATER DEPARTMENT CITY OF compares within WA

WA's 322 covered systems average 3.7 health-based violations each; QUINCY WATER DEPARTMENT CITY OF carries 14, more than typical for the state. 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 QUINCY WATER DEPARTMENT CITY OF is from 2023-01-01 (health-based: 2005-01-12). Last reported to EPA: 06/19/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

QUINCY WATER DEPARTMENT 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:

• Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)

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

Everything on this page is QUINCY WATER DEPARTMENT CITY OF's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 199 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.