Is CARTHAGE, TOWN OF's water safe to drink?
CARTHAGE, 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 4,307 people through 1,723 service connections.
CARTHAGE, TOWN OF's record against the rest of the country
179 total violations and 67 health-based ones put CARTHAGE, TOWN OF at the 99th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 161 of 12,903.
Against the NC average
Among the 360 NC systems in this dataset, the average is 5.7 health-based violations - CARTHAGE, TOWN OF's 67 is above that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
CARTHAGE, TOWN OF's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-01-05, with the most recent health-based one dated 2017-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
The concern categories on record
CARTHAGE, 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: Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
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 CARTHAGE, TOWN OF's record does not cover
This is what CARTHAGE, 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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 179 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.