Is CONCORD, CITY OF's water safe to drink?
CONCORD, CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 120,548 people get their water from it, across 47,460 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
15 total violations and 5 health-based ones put CONCORD, CITY OF at the 72th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,644 of 12,903.
Against the NC average
Among the 360 NC systems in this dataset, the average is 5.7 health-based violations - CONCORD, CITY OF's 5 is at or below that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
CONCORD, CITY OF's most recent violation on record is dated 2017-01-04, with the most recent health-based one dated 2017-01-04. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
The concern categories on record
CONCORD, CITY 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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
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 CONCORD, CITY OF's record does not cover
This is what CONCORD, CITY 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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 15 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.