DrinkingWaterCheck

What's in RIVERSIDE, CITY OF's water?

RIVERSIDE, 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 3,864 people through 1,288 service connections.

How this compares nationally

RIVERSIDE, CITY OF has 34 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 7,609th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 41th percentile nationally.

How RIVERSIDE, CITY OF compares within AL

AL's 364 covered systems average 2.1 health-based violations each; RIVERSIDE, CITY OF carries 1, not 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 RIVERSIDE, CITY OF is from 2020-01-01 (health-based: 2000-01-06). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

RIVERSIDE, 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:

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

RIVERSIDE, CITY 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. This record - 1 health-based violation on file for RIVERSIDE, CITY OF - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.