Is WATSON RURAL WATER COMPANY's water safe to drink?
WATSON RURAL WATER COMPANY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 15,750 people through 6,300 service connections.
How this compares nationally
WATSON RURAL WATER COMPANY has 45 violations on record in total, 2 of thems health-based - ranking it 5,944th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 54th percentile nationally.
How WATSON RURAL WATER COMPANY compares within IN
IN's 283 covered systems average 2.9 health-based violations each; WATSON RURAL WATER COMPANY carries 2, not more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for WATSON RURAL WATER COMPANY is from 2016-01-06 (health-based: 2006-01-09). Last reported to EPA: 06/30/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
WATSON RURAL WATER COMPANY'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 this data is and is not
This is what WATSON RURAL WATER COMPANY 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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 45 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.