Is SOUTH KINGSTOWN-SOUTH SHORE's water safe to drink?
SOUTH KINGSTOWN-SOUTH SHORE has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 6,170, over 2,583 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
SOUTH KINGSTOWN-SOUTH SHORE has 22 violations on record in total, 11 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,792th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 86th percentile nationally.
Against the RI average
SOUTH KINGSTOWN-SOUTH SHORE's 11 health-based violations sit above the RI average of 5.6, across 32 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
SOUTH KINGSTOWN-SOUTH SHORE's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-01-09, with the most recent health-based one dated 2015-01-12. Last reported to EPA: 05/26/2026.
The concern categories on record
SOUTH KINGSTOWN-SOUTH SHORE'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)
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 SOUTH KINGSTOWN-SOUTH SHORE's record does not cover
SOUTH KINGSTOWN-SOUTH SHORE'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 22 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.