WATERFORD WATERWORKS: EPA violation history, explained
WATERFORD WATERWORKS had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 5,368 people get their water from it, across 1,988 connections.
WATERFORD WATERWORKS's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, WATERFORD WATERWORKS ranks 1,414th by violation burden (89th percentile) - 132 violations total, 13 health-baseds.
How WATERFORD WATERWORKS compares within
WATERFORD WATERWORKS's 13 health-based violations sit above the average of 11.2, across 244 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for WATERFORD WATERWORKS is from 2025-05-10 (health-based: 2025-05-10). Last reported to EPA: 05/29/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
WATERFORD 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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
- Radionuclides - flagged from: Combined Radium (-226 and -228); Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
Everything on this page is WATERFORD 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 WATERFORD WATERWORKS's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,414th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.