What's in ALBEMARLE, CITY OF's water?
ALBEMARLE, CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 18,396 people get their water from it, across 8,400 connections.
ALBEMARLE, CITY OF's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, ALBEMARLE, CITY OF ranks 2,154th by violation burden (83th percentile) - 26 violations total, 9 health-baseds.
How ALBEMARLE, CITY OF compares within NC
Among the 360 NC systems in this dataset, the average is 5.7 health-based violations - ALBEMARLE, CITY OF's 9 is above that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for ALBEMARLE, CITY OF is from 2022-01-04 (health-based: 2014-01-02). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
ALBEMARLE, CITY OF's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
This is what ALBEMARLE, CITY OF reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. This record - 9 health-based violations on file for ALBEMARLE, CITY OF - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.