ASHEVILLE CITY OF: EPA violation history, explained
ASHEVILLE CITY OF had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. It serves 157,431 people through 61,981 service connections.
ASHEVILLE CITY OF's record against the rest of the country
9 total violations and 3 health-based ones put ASHEVILLE CITY OF at the 59th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,302 of 12,903.
How ASHEVILLE CITY OF compares within NC
ASHEVILLE CITY OF's 3 health-based violations sit within the NC average of 5.7, across 360 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for ASHEVILLE CITY OF is from 2025-01-10 (health-based: 2024-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
ASHEVILLE 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: Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
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
ASHEVILLE CITY OF's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. Between the utility's meter and ASHEVILLE CITY OF's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 5,302th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.