Is UNION CITY's water safe to drink?
UNION CITY had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 18,636, over 4,500 connections.
How this compares nationally
24 total violations and 13 health-based ones put UNION CITY at the 89th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,481 of 12,903.
Against the GA average
UNION CITY's 13 health-based violations sit above the GA average of 3.5, across 312 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
UNION CITY's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2025-01-10. Last reported to EPA: 06/12/2026.
The concern categories on record
UNION 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)
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
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 UNION CITY's record does not cover
UNION CITY'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 UNION CITY's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,481th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.