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Table 9

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Just Add Water: Table 9

May 1, 1996

Table 9.

Drinking water systems serving more than 10,000 people with the most reported filtration violations, 1994-1995*.
 
Water System City Served State Population Number of Filtration Violations Most Recent Filtration Violation
Cambridge Cambridge OH 17,500 24 12/1/95 - 1/1/96
DWS Makawao Kokomo HI 16,375 21 9/1/95 - 10/1/95
Ann Arbor Ann Arbor MI 109,592 19 9/1/95 - 10/1/95
Wilmington Wilmington OH 11,199 17 5/1/95 - 6/1/95
Bellingham Water Division Bellingham WA 62,000 15 3/1/95 - 3/31/95
Hot Springs Waterworks Hot Springs AR 55,000 15 8/1/95 - 9/1/95
Fremont Fremont OH 20,500 15 4/1/95 - 5/1/95
Norwich City Norwich City NY 12,000 12 12/1/95 - 12/31/95
Van Wert Van Wert OH 11,000 12 5/1/95 - 6/1/95
East Liverpool East Liverpool OH 14,200 8 8/1/94 - 8/31/94
Lebanon Lebanon OR 11,000 8 3/1/95 - 3/31/95
Okmulgee Okmulgee OK 17,000 7 6/1/95 - 7/1/95
Twin City WTR & SWR District Uhrichsville OH 11,000 7 7/1/94 - 7/31/94
Altoona City Authority Altoona PA 62,500 6 9/1/94 - 9/30/94
Elizabethton Water Dept Elizabethton TN 24,402 6 8/1/94 - 8/31/94
City Of Coffeyville Coffeyville KS 12,917 6 11/1/94 - 11/30/94
Marysville Marysville OH 11,500 6 6/1/94 - 6/30/94
Decatur Decatur IL 83,885 5 5/1/95 - 6/1/95
Danbury Water Dept Danbury CT 48,000 5 6/1/94 - 6/30/94
Mattoon Mattoon IL 19,787 5 8/1/95 - 9/1/95
Claremore Claremore OK 18,000 5 11/1/94 - 11/30/94
Windham Water Works Windham CT 17,052 5 3/1/95 - 3/31/95
U S Army Fort Dix Fort Dix NJ 16,758 5 3/1/95 - 3/31/95
Akron Akron OH 308,000 4 4/1/94 - 4/30/94
Woonsocket Water Department Woonsocket RI 46,000 4 11/1/95 - 12/1/95
Thibodaux Waterworks Thibodaux LA 15,810 4 10/1/94 - 10/31/94
Donna Donna TX 13,806 4 11/1/95 - 12/1/95
Taylor Taylor TX 13,218 4 4/1/95 - 5/1/95
 
* Because of the Safe Drinking Water Act requirements, many of these communities have identified, and are in the process of solving problems.
 
Source: Environmental Working Group. Compiled from EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System 1994-1996.