CHARLESTON UTILITIES: EPA violation history, explained
CHARLESTON UTILITIES has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 3,100 people through 1,173 service connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, CHARLESTON UTILITIES ranks 2,067th by violation burden (84th percentile) - 105 violations total, 9 health-baseds.
How CHARLESTON UTILITIES compares within MS
MS's 349 covered systems average 3.2 health-based violations each; CHARLESTON UTILITIES carries 9, more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for CHARLESTON UTILITIES is from 2012-01-10 (health-based: 2004-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CHARLESTON UTILITIES'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: Coliform (TCR)
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
This is what CHARLESTON UTILITIES 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. Between the utility's meter and CHARLESTON UTILITIES's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,067th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.