Is UPPER SANDUSKY CITY's water safe to drink?
UPPER SANDUSKY CITY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 6,698 people get their water from it, across 2,935 connections.
UPPER SANDUSKY CITY's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, UPPER SANDUSKY CITY ranks 4,901th by violation burden (62th percentile) - 32 violations total, 3 health-baseds.
How UPPER SANDUSKY CITY compares within OH
UPPER SANDUSKY CITY's 3 health-based violations sit within the OH average of 5.5, across 394 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for UPPER SANDUSKY CITY is from 2022-04-01 (health-based: 2005-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
UPPER SANDUSKY 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); Surface Water Treatment 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
This is what UPPER SANDUSKY CITY reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. This record - 3 health-based violations on file for UPPER SANDUSKY CITY - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.