WARRENTON: EPA violation history, explained
WARRENTON 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: 2,800, over 1,100 connections.
WARRENTON's record against the rest of the country
WARRENTON has 83 violations on record in total, 57 of thems health-based - ranking it 212th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 98th percentile nationally.
How WARRENTON compares within GA
WARRENTON's 57 health-based violations sit above the GA average of 3.5, across 312 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 WARRENTON is from 2026-01-01 (health-based: 2026-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/12/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
WARRENTON'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)
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
- 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 this data is and is not
WARRENTON'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. This record - 57 health-based violations on file for WARRENTON - 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.