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I want to know if there have been any water quality issues or compliance problems in the area that could affect our decision."},{"title":"Rental portfolio environmental screening","prompt":"I'm adding a new property at 309 Birchwood Lane, Cleveland OH 44102 to our rental portfolio — can you check the drinking water violation history for that address so I know if there are any water safety red flags I should disclose to tenants or factor into our risk assessment?"},{"title":"Neighborhood water quality research","prompt":"I'm researching water quality conditions in the 85281 ZIP code in Tempe, Arizona for a public health report — can you pull the drinking water violation records for that area and let me know what compliance issues or risk signals show up?"}],"resultDescription":"A JSON object containing a scan ID, list of drinking water violation records associated with the property or area, any relevant caveats about data coverage, and a timestamp indicating when the report was generated.","failureModes":["Address not found or unresolvable — empty records array returned","Invalid ZIP code format — validation error","No violation records found for location — records array empty with caveats","Payment failure via x402 — 402 response before data is returned","Service unavailable or upstream data source error — 5xx response"],"whenToPreferThis":"Use this endpoint when you need to specifically check drinking water violation history for a US property or ZIP code, especially during real estate due diligence, environmental risk screening, or public health research. 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