CLAYTON, TOWN OF: EPA violation history, explained
CLAYTON, TOWN OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 30,876 people get their water from it, across 9,744 connections.
CLAYTON, TOWN OF's record against the rest of the country
CLAYTON, TOWN OF has 51 violations on record in total, 5 of thems health-based - ranking it 3,439th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 73th percentile nationally.
How CLAYTON, TOWN OF compares within NC
Among the 360 NC systems in this dataset, the average is 5.7 health-based violations - CLAYTON, TOWN OF's 5 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for CLAYTON, TOWN OF is from 2021-01-01 (health-based: 2007-01-06). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CLAYTON, 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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: Lead and Copper Rule
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
CLAYTON, TOWN OF'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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 51 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.