Is CHAPEL HILL WATER SYSTEM's water safe to drink?
CHAPEL HILL WATER SYSTEM has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 3,426, over 1,283 connections.
How this compares nationally
CHAPEL HILL WATER SYSTEM has 57 violations on record in total, 43 of thems health-based - ranking it 344th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 97th percentile nationally.
Against the TN average
Among the 318 TN systems in this dataset, the average is 4.8 health-based violations - CHAPEL HILL WATER SYSTEM's 43 is above that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
CHAPEL HILL WATER SYSTEM's most recent violation on record is dated 2023-01-03, with the most recent health-based one dated 2005-01-12. Last reported to EPA: 05/14/2026.
The concern categories on record
CHAPEL HILL WATER SYSTEM'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
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 CHAPEL HILL WATER SYSTEM's record does not cover
Everything on this page is CHAPEL HILL WATER SYSTEM's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 43 health-based violations on file for CHAPEL HILL WATER SYSTEM - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.