Is CHARLESTON WATERWORKS's water safe to drink?
CHARLESTON WATERWORKS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 3,386 people get their water from it, across 1,473 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, CHARLESTON WATERWORKS ranks 1,472th by violation burden (89th percentile) - 27 violations total, 13 health-baseds.
How CHARLESTON WATERWORKS compares within AR
AR's 243 covered systems average 7.1 health-based violations each; CHARLESTON WATERWORKS carries 13, more than typical for the state. 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 CHARLESTON WATERWORKS is from 2024-01-07 (health-based: 2013-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 05/12/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CHARLESTON WATERWORKS'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); Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
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
CHARLESTON WATERWORKS'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. Between the utility's meter and CHARLESTON WATERWORKS's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,472th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.