DrinkingWaterCheck

What's in SCOTTSDALE CITY OF's water?

SCOTTSDALE 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: 241,361, over 92,701 connections.

How this compares nationally

931 total violations and 7 health-based ones put SCOTTSDALE CITY OF at the 80th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 2,524 of 12,903.

Against the AZ average

AZ's 199 covered systems average 8.2 health-based violations each; SCOTTSDALE CITY OF carries 7, not more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.

Most recent violation on record

SCOTTSDALE CITY OF's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-03, with the most recent health-based one dated 1999-01-05. Last reported to EPA: 05/14/2026.

The concern categories on record

SCOTTSDALE 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 SCOTTSDALE CITY OF's record does not cover

SCOTTSDALE 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 SCOTTSDALE CITY OF's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,524th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.