Is COATS, TOWN OF's water safe to drink?

COATS, TOWN OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 3,052, over 1,221 connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

11 total violations and 2 health-based ones put COATS, TOWN OF at the 50th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 6,504 of 12,903.

How COATS, TOWN OF compares within NC

Among the 360 NC systems in this dataset, the average is 5.7 health-based violations - COATS, TOWN OF's 2 is at or below that. 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 COATS, TOWN OF is from 2011-06-05 (health-based: 2011-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

COATS, 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:

• Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM

The most severe category on record is disinfection byproducts, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.

What this data is and is not

This is what COATS, TOWN OF 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. This record - 2 health-based violations on file for COATS, TOWN OF - 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.