Is RICHMOND, TOWN OF's water safe to drink?
RICHMOND, TOWN OF had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 2,671 people get their water from it, across 308 connections.
RICHMOND, TOWN OF's record against the rest of the country
RICHMOND, TOWN OF has 28 violations on record in total, 4 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,129th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 68th percentile nationally.
How RICHMOND, TOWN OF compares within RI
Among the 32 RI systems in this dataset, the average is 5.6 health-based violations - RICHMOND, TOWN OF's 4 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for RICHMOND, TOWN OF is from 2026-05-02 (health-based: 2023-01-12). Last reported to EPA: 05/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
RICHMOND, TOWN 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); Revised Total Coliform Rule
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
RICHMOND, TOWN OF'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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 28 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.