CHEROKEE WATER SYSTEM: EPA violation history, explained
CHEROKEE WATER SYSTEM had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 16,203, over 2,637 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
7 total violations and 5 health-based ones put CHEROKEE WATER SYSTEM at the 70th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,813 of 12,903.
Against the NC average
CHEROKEE WATER SYSTEM's 5 health-based violations sit within the NC average of 5.7, across 360 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
CHEROKEE WATER SYSTEM's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-03-11, with the most recent health-based one dated 2025-03-11. Last reported to EPA: 05/19/2026.
The concern categories on record
CHEROKEE 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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: Carbon tetrachloride; Tetrachloroethylene; Trichloroethylene; Vinyl chloride
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What CHEROKEE WATER SYSTEM's record does not cover
CHEROKEE WATER SYSTEM'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. This record - 5 health-based violations on file for CHEROKEE 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.