Is BEECH MOUNTAIN, TOWN OF's water safe to drink?
BEECH MOUNTAIN, TOWN OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 2,468 people through 2,251 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
BEECH MOUNTAIN, TOWN OF has 32 violations on record in total, 9 of thems health-based - ranking it 2,142th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 83th percentile nationally.
Against the NC average
NC's 360 covered systems average 5.7 health-based violations each; BEECH MOUNTAIN, TOWN OF carries 9, more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
BEECH MOUNTAIN, TOWN OF's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2017-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
The concern categories on record
BEECH MOUNTAIN, 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
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What BEECH MOUNTAIN, TOWN OF's record does not cover
BEECH MOUNTAIN, 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 32 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.