Table Two
EPA's Figures for State Compliance with Drinking Water Requirements

This table represents three EPA reports which measure each states’ compliance with every EPA requirement (including monitoring and report requirements). Compliance with each criteria is averaged over the past 3 years and the states are ranked according to their success in overall compliance.  A rate is calculated by dividing the total number of water systems in each state by the number of violations with federal regulations. The lower the rate, the more effective that state has been in complying with EPA rules per community.

State

1998

1997

1996

3 Year Avg.

Rank Total V's

Minnesota

0.0464

0.0573

0.0519

1

Mississippi

0.0717

0.0829

0.1006

0.0851

2

Rhode Island

0.0976

0.0909

0.1264

0.105

3

California

0.1728

0.0403

0.1062

0.1064

4

Maryland

0.116

0.1142

0.2418

0.1573

5

Louisiana

0.1465

0.16

0.2112

0.1726

6

Virginia

0.2326

0.1423

0.1934

0.1894

7

New York

0.1897

0.2067

0.2214

0.2059

8

Texas

0.2977

0.1807

0.2035

0.2273

9

South Carolina

0.2305

0.2651

0.2543

0.25

10

New Mexico

0.3401

0.2958

0.1916

0.2758

11

Kansas

0.2406

0.3084

0.3242

0.2911

12

Delaware

0.3304

0.2611

0.3227

0.3047

13

Florida

0.4098

0.2743

0.245

0.3097

14

Nebraska

0.555

0.2112

0.2495

0.3386

15

Connecticut

0.236

0.6307

0.154

0.3402

16

Iowa

0.6844

0.1828

0.2249

0.364

17

North Dakota

0.4043

0.3379

0.3692

0.3705

18

Colorado

0.4479

0.3257

0.3758

0.3831

19

Wisconsin

0.2797

0.3663

0.5277

0.3912

20

Vermont

0.5336

0.3717

0.4992

0.4682

21

Arkansas

0.4164

0.4502

0.5778

0.4815

22

Georgia

0.5752

0.4626

0.5127

0.5168

23

Washington

0.5111

0.598

0.555

0.5547

24

Oklahoma

0.6839

0.5157

0.4689

0.5562

25

Michigan

0.482

0.489

0.7601

0.577

26

Tennessee

0.6302

0.4498

0.6903

0.5901

27

Alabama

0.8127

0.4221

0.702

0.6456

28

Illinois

0.5015

0.606

0.8491

0.6522

29

Kentucky

1.297

0.2157

0.5501

0.6876

30

Pennsylvania

0.4761

0.6803

0.9602

0.706

31

Wyoming

0.445

0.6963

1.127

0.7561

32

Maine

1.106

0.5909

0.6633

0.7867

33

Missouri

0.8674

0.7708

0.8208

0.8197

34

Nevada

1.018

0.677

0.8015

0.8322

35

Hawaii

0.6594

0.8542

0.9931

0.8356

36

New Hampshire

0.6895

0.9426

1.232

0.9547

37

Indiana

0.9571

1.335

1.1

1.131

38

Idaho

0.95

1.056

1.444

1.15

39

South Dakota

1.782

1.029

2.072

1.628

40

Montana

1.14

1.876

1.901

1.639

41

West Virginia

1.478

1.943

2.021

1.814

42

Oregon

2.972

1.492

1.657

2.04

43

Ohio

1.536

1.922

2.728

2.062

44

North Carolina

1.459

2.867

2.639

2.322

45

Massachusetts

2.65

3.868

2.055

2.858

46

Utah

4.542

3.663

1.649

3.285

47

Alaska

4.797

2.87

3.592

3.753

48

New Jersey

3.464

4.407

3.607

3.826

49

Arizona

0.761

0.2518

10.77

3.928

50