SYLVANIA: EPA violation history, explained
SYLVANIA has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 4,910 people get their water from it, across 1,655 connections.
How this compares nationally
SYLVANIA has 20 violations on record in total, 5 of thems health-based - ranking it 3,599th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 72th percentile nationally.
Against the GA average
Among the 312 GA systems in this dataset, the average is 3.5 health-based violations - SYLVANIA's 5 is above that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
SYLVANIA's most recent violation on record is dated 2020-06-08, with the most recent health-based one dated 2020-06-08. Last reported to EPA: 06/12/2026.
The concern categories on record
SYLVANIA'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); Revised Total Coliform 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 SYLVANIA's record does not cover
SYLVANIA'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 SYLVANIA's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 3,599th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.