SPRINGFIELD: EPA violation history, explained
SPRINGFIELD had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 2,108 people get their water from it, across 400 connections.
SPRINGFIELD's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, SPRINGFIELD ranks 1,617th by violation burden (87th percentile) - 25 violations total, 12 health-baseds.
How SPRINGFIELD compares within SD
Among the 74 SD systems in this dataset, the average is 3.0 health-based violations - SPRINGFIELD's 12 is above 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 SPRINGFIELD is from 2024-01-02 (health-based: 2024-01-02). Last reported to EPA: 06/17/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
SPRINGFIELD'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; Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
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
SPRINGFIELD'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 SPRINGFIELD's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,617th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.