Is SANDUSKY CITY's water safe to drink?

SANDUSKY CITY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 25,793 people through 10,500 service connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

24 total violations and 6 health-based ones put SANDUSKY CITY at the 76th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,069 of 12,903.

Against the OH average

OH's 394 covered systems average 5.5 health-based violations each; SANDUSKY CITY carries 6, more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.

Most recent violation on record

SANDUSKY CITY's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-02-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2006-01-08. Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.

The concern categories on record

SANDUSKY CITY'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); Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Surface Water Treatment 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 SANDUSKY CITY's record does not cover

This is what SANDUSKY CITY reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. This record - 6 health-based violations on file for SANDUSKY CITY - 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.