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This is a rebuild of Drinking Water Watch and not yet the official record. Use the agency’s current Drinking Water Watch for anything you need to rely on.

Highest Deficiency Severity

From the help published with Drinking Water Watch 3.5, reproduced as delivered.

A deficiency is a defect, flaw, inadequacy, or shortcoming that may hinder the capability of a public water system to consistently and reliably deliver an adequate quantity and quality of drinking water to the consumer.
Highest Deficiency Severity indicates whether the highest deficiency identified during a site visit (including any associated from earlier site visits) was:
Highest Deficiency Severity
SIG Significant
MIN Minor
REC Recommendation Made (Note: A recommendation is not considered a deficiency)
NON None

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