Is VAN BUREN WATERWORKS's water safe to drink?
VAN BUREN WATERWORKS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 22,725 people get their water from it, across 9,714 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
14 total violations and 3 health-based ones put VAN BUREN WATERWORKS at the 60th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,140 of 12,903.
Against the AR average
Among the 243 AR systems in this dataset, the average is 7.1 health-based violations - VAN BUREN WATERWORKS's 3 is at or below that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
VAN BUREN WATERWORKS's most recent violation on record is dated 2020-01-06, with the most recent health-based one dated 2009-01-08. Last reported to EPA: 05/12/2026.
The concern categories on record
VAN BUREN WATERWORKS'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 VAN BUREN WATERWORKS's record does not cover
Everything on this page is VAN BUREN WATERWORKS's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and VAN BUREN WATERWORKS's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 5,140th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.