ATHENS TOWN OF: EPA violation history, explained

ATHENS TOWN OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 5,633, over 1,757 connections.

ATHENS TOWN OF's record against the rest of the country

Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, ATHENS TOWN OF ranks 8,055th by violation burden (38th percentile) - 13 violations total, 1 health-based.

Against the WV average

WV's 135 covered systems average 6.4 health-based violations each; ATHENS TOWN OF carries 1, not more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.

Most recent violation on record

ATHENS TOWN OF's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2013-01-09. Last reported to EPA: 05/19/2026.

The concern categories on record

ATHENS TOWN 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: Coliform (TCR)

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 ATHENS TOWN OF's record does not cover

This is what ATHENS TOWN 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. Between the utility's meter and ATHENS TOWN OF's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 8,055th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.