Water Quality by State

EPA drinking water violation data for all 51 states.

State Water Systems Cities Total Violations Health-Based Population Served
Alabama 501 358 13,972 471 6,168,671
Alaska 405 157 73,527 5,020 699,435
Arizona 751 159 60,414 4,414 7,093,233
Arkansas 665 398 17,031 6,234 3,019,237
California 2,819 818 39,276 18,881 40,093,669
Colorado 1,048 313 42,596 5,256 7,175,420
Connecticut 475 114 28,800 729 2,726,278
Delaware 207 42 1,242 314 1,018,198
District of Columbia 4 1 115 23 667,325
Florida 1,593 451 36,335 3,132 21,963,405
Georgia 1,739 494 32,159 3,145 10,561,974
Hawaii 119 32 182 44 1,507,224
Idaho 764 196 26,078 2,547 1,565,041
Illinois 1,782 1060 30,544 3,286 12,123,082
Indiana 771 423 18,261 1,720 5,231,741
Iowa 1,076 593 9,389 934 3,000,306
Kansas 856 499 19,480 3,703 2,869,691
Kentucky 374 248 9,427 1,801 4,556,638
Louisiana 917 332 32,039 16,153 5,225,688
Maine 387 162 6,830 913 691,040
Maryland 461 146 5,321 594 5,523,173
Massachusetts 525 330 10,561 937 10,050,324
Michigan 1,381 587 15,820 1,211 7,509,650
Minnesota 965 677 3,784 733 4,670,079
Mississippi 1,012 360 25,296 2,328 3,200,594
Missouri 1,431 666 25,377 3,923 5,651,462
Montana 792 193 20,202 1,220 789,179
Nebraska 585 406 5,134 2,253 1,706,785
Nevada 192 59 8,167 1,162 3,119,117
New Hampshire 710 168 6,968 1,699 920,024
New Jersey 555 298 19,332 1,125 8,881,952
New Mexico 555 220 37,115 7,761 1,923,604
New York 2,245 795 93,834 5,682 18,268,008
North Carolina 1,979 448 54,399 3,287 9,538,792
North Dakota 318 190 8,431 0 743,065
Ohio 1,094 0 61,604 0 10,443,946
Oklahoma 889 488 128,472 29,472 3,653,817
Oregon 0 0 0 0 0
Pennsylvania 1,855 733 199,265 6,042 11,468,960
Rhode Island 0 0 0 0 0
South Carolina 557 204 13,045 0 4,631,800
South Dakota 512 260 19,565 0 927,151
Tennessee 453 262 20,607 0 7,862,060
Texas 4,713 1238 263,180 39,140 32,406,355
Utah 559 2 71,655 0 3,702,006
Vermont 405 174 12,362 1,306 466,945
Virginia 1,062 286 15,298 2,604 7,437,928
Washington 2,311 336 54,459 2,509 9,192,864
West Virginia 412 204 81,622 2,703 1,546,947
Wisconsin 1,021 566 18,533 2,518 4,230,296
Wyoming 323 108 13,783 742 536,350