Is CARLTON, CITY OF's water safe to drink?
CARLTON, 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 2,270 people through 1,022 service connections.
CARLTON, CITY OF's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, CARLTON, CITY OF ranks 2,056th by violation burden (84th percentile) - 134 violations total, 9 health-baseds.
How CARLTON, CITY OF compares within OR
Among the 160 OR systems in this dataset, the average is 6.0 health-based violations - CARLTON, CITY OF's 9 is above that. 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 CARLTON, CITY OF is from 2026-01-01 (health-based: 2024-01-09). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CARLTON, 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; 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
Everything on this page is CARLTON, CITY OF's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and CARLTON, CITY OF's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,056th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.