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Defiance tap water, in plain English
Here is what the EPA's own data shows about tap water in Defiance. According to EPA SDWIS data retrieved June 2026, Defiance is served by 1 active community water system, together reported to serve about 205 people.
As of June 2026, EPA records show 329 violations across the community water system(s) serving Defiance, going back to the earliest EPA record. 2 of these are classified by the EPA as health-based (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks); the rest are monitoring or reporting violations. Each is listed by system below, with its status.
What the EPA has on record, by system
Defiance Water Assn
205 served · surface water · PWSID PA4050024 - Health-based Surface Water Treatment Rule: a health-based violation (a contaminant recorded above the limit the EPA tracks), recorded 2 times in February 2016. The EPA record for these does not include a measured level. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Lead and Copper Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 7 times between January 2005 and December 2025. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times between October 2016 and October 2025. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Combined Uranium: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in October 2025. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Radium-226: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in October 2025. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Radium-228: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in October 2025. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Revised Total Coliform Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 8 times between April 2016 and August 2025. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring 2,3,7,8-TCDD: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 5 times between January 2021 and January 2024. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Arsenic: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in January 2024. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Barium: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in January 2024. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Cadmium: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in January 2024. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Chromium: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in January 2024. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring CYANIDE: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in January 2024. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Fluoride: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in January 2024. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Mercury: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in January 2024. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Nickel: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in January 2024. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Selenium: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in January 2024. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Antimony, Total: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in January 2024. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Beryllium, Total: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in January 2024. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Thallium, Total: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 2 times in January 2024. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Surface Water Treatment Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 10 times between September 2017 and September 2023. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Consumer Confidence Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 29 times between July 2003 and October 2022. EPA records do not show all of these as returned to compliance.
- Monitoring Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times between July 2014 and July 2022. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring TTHM: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 6 times between July 2014 and July 2022. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Public Notice: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 126 times between November 2020 and April 2022. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Nitrate: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times in January 2022. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Nitrite: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times in January 2022. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Endrin: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring BHC-GAMMA: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Methoxychlor: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Toxaphene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Dalapon: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Diquat: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Endothall: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Glyphosate: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring OXAMYL: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Simazine: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Picloram: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Dinoseb: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Hexachlorocyclopentadiene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Carbofuran: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Atrazine: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring LASSO: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Heptachlor: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Heptachlor epoxide: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring 2,4-D: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring 2,4,5-TP: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring HEXACHLOROBENZENE: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Benzo(a)pyrene: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Pentachlorophenol: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB): a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Chlordane: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 3 times in January 2021. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Asbestos: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded 4 times in January 2020. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
- Monitoring Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule: a monitoring or reporting violation (a required test or report was late or missed — not a measured exceedance), recorded once in July 2008. All have since returned to compliance, per EPA records.
What this means
A health-based violation means a contaminant was recorded above the limit the EPA tracks for it. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was late or missed — not that a contaminant was measured above a limit. “Returned to compliance” means the EPA recorded the issue as resolved.
This page summarizes the EPA's own records and does not assess whether your water is safe to drink. For the most current details, you can verify every record directly with the EPA, and contact your water system with questions.
Source: U.S. EPA Envirofacts SDWIS, retrieved June 2026. Records cover the EPA's full reporting history for these systems. Verify at EPA ECHO.