Is BEAUFORT, TOWN OF's water safe to drink?
BEAUFORT, TOWN 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 4,452 people through 4,000 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, BEAUFORT, TOWN OF ranks 2,773th by violation burden (79th percentile) - 15 violations total, 7 health-baseds.
How BEAUFORT, TOWN OF compares within NC
Among the 360 NC systems in this dataset, the average is 5.7 health-based violations - BEAUFORT, TOWN OF's 7 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 BEAUFORT, TOWN OF is from 2025-05-10 (health-based: 2025-05-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
BEAUFORT, 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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
BEAUFORT, TOWN 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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 15 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.