Wright-Patterson Afb Area a Pws, OH Water Quality
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. 16,551 people get their water from it, across 479 connections.
Wright-Patterson Afb Area a Pws's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, Wright-Patterson Afb Area a Pws ranks 3,271th by violation burden (75th percentile) - 9 violations total, 6 health-based.
How Wright-Patterson Afb Area a Pws compares within OH
Among the 412 OH systems in this dataset, the average is 5.3 health-based violations - Wright-Patterson Afb Area a Pws's 6 is above that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for Wright-Patterson Afb Area a Pws is from 1998-01-10 (health-based: 1998-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
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:
- 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
Wright-Patterson Afb Area a Pws's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. 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.