SALINA, CITY OF: EPA violation history, explained
SALINA, CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 46,481 people get their water from it, across 20,473 connections.
How this compares nationally
SALINA, CITY OF has 10 violations on record in total, 4 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,395th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 66th percentile nationally.
How SALINA, CITY OF compares within KS
Among the 152 KS systems in this dataset, the average is 8.7 health-based violations - SALINA, CITY OF's 4 is at or below that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for SALINA, CITY OF is from 2019-06-12 (health-based: 2000-01-11). Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
SALINA, 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: Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Selenium
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
SALINA, 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. Between the utility's meter and SALINA, CITY OF's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,395th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.