WOONSOCKET WATER DIVISION: EPA violation history, explained
WOONSOCKET WATER DIVISION has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 45,828 people get their water from it, across 9,776 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
30 total violations and 7 health-based ones put WOONSOCKET WATER DIVISION at the 79th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 2,677 of 12,903.
Against the RI average
RI's 32 covered systems average 5.6 health-based violations each; WOONSOCKET WATER DIVISION carries 7, more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
WOONSOCKET WATER DIVISION's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2019-01-12. Last reported to EPA: 05/26/2026.
The concern categories on record
WOONSOCKET WATER DIVISION'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: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
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 WOONSOCKET WATER DIVISION's record does not cover
Everything on this page is WOONSOCKET WATER DIVISION'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 WOONSOCKET WATER DIVISION's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,677th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.