About WaterSafety
Is your drinking water safe?
What we do
WaterSafety lets residents look up their public water system and see every violation, contaminant, and compliance action on record.
We focus on U.S. public drinking-water safety and violations. Every page on iswatersafe.com is built from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), cited and linkable so readers can trace any number back to its source.
Who this is for
WaterSafety is built for residents, parents, public-health researchers, and local reporters.
Why this exists
Public data on U.S. public drinking-water safety and violations is technically free, but practically locked behind file formats, acronyms, and paywalled dashboards. WaterSafetyexists to close that gap: take the raw federal and public-sector data, and turn it into pages a normal person can read in thirty seconds.
How we work
- Primary source only. We pull from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and cite the exact dataset and version on every page.
- No invented numbers. If a figure is not in the underlying public data, it does not appear on iswatersafe.com. We never generate synthetic statistics to fill gaps.
- Refreshed on a schedule. Data is refetched on a published cadence — you can see the "Last updated" date on every dataset page.
- Corrections welcome. Readers flag issues all the time. When the source fixes a record, WaterSafety follows.
Independence
WaterSafety is an independent publication. We are not funded, owned, or directed by any of the agencies, companies, or organizations that appear in our data. Hosting is paid for by advertising — see our Privacy Policy for details — and we do not take paid placements, sponsored rankings, or "remove-my-entry" fees.
History
WaterSafety launched in 2025 as part of a small portfolio of independent public-data sites. It has been maintained and updated continuously since.
Contact
Tips, corrections, data-partnership questions, and press inquiries: [email protected]. More options on our contact page.