DrinkingWaterCheck

Is WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB AREA A PWS's water safe to drink?

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB AREA A PWS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 16,551, over 479 connections.

How this compares nationally

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB AREA A PWS has 9 violations on record in total, 6 of thems health-based - ranking it 3,271th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 75th percentile nationally.

Against the average

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB AREA A PWS's 6 health-based violations sit within the average of 11.2, across 244 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.

Most recent violation on record

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB AREA A PWS's most recent violation on record is dated 1998-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 1998-01-10. Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.

The concern categories on record

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB AREA A PWS'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:

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 WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB AREA A PWS's record does not cover

This is what WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB AREA A PWS 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. Between the utility's meter and WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB AREA A PWS's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 3,271th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.