Is XENIA CITY PWS's water safe to drink?
XENIA CITY PWS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 29,000 people through 11,761 service connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, XENIA CITY PWS ranks 7,926th by violation burden (39th percentile) - 16 violations total, 1 health-based.
Against the OH average
OH's 394 covered systems average 5.5 health-based violations each; XENIA CITY PWS carries 1, not more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
XENIA CITY PWS's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-02-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2016-01-08. Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.
The concern categories on record
XENIA CITY 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: Revised Total Coliform 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 XENIA CITY PWS's record does not cover
This is what XENIA CITY 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 XENIA CITY PWS's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 7,926th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.