What are Water Violations?
As part of the Safe Drinking Water Act, the EPA requires each state to report drinking water information periodically for their public water systems. It’s then published in the Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), a database that includes any health-based, monitoring or reporting violations reported. Drinking water violations include when a system has:
- failed to follow established monitoring and reporting schedules
- failed to comply with mandated treatment techniques
- violated any maximum contaminant levels (MCLs)
- failed to communicate required information to their customers
To check your city water system’s violations, search for your state on the Safe Drinking Water Information System.