WASHINGTON CITY: EPA violation history, explained
WASHINGTON CITY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 45,865, over 15,730 connections.
WASHINGTON CITY's record against the rest of the country
92 total violations and 5 health-based ones put WASHINGTON CITY at the 74th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,370 of 12,903.
Against the UT average
UT's 145 covered systems average 2.8 health-based violations each; WASHINGTON CITY carries 5, more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
WASHINGTON CITY's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2013-01-09. Last reported to EPA: 06/17/2026.
The concern categories on record
WASHINGTON 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)
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 WASHINGTON CITY's record does not cover
This is what WASHINGTON 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 - 5 health-based violations on file for WASHINGTON 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.