DOBSON, TOWN OF: EPA violation history, explained
DOBSON, TOWN OF had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. It serves 2,615 people through 1,096 service connections.
DOBSON, TOWN OF's record against the rest of the country
46 total violations and 1 health-based ones put DOBSON, TOWN OF at the 42th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 7,477 of 12,903.
Against the NC average
NC's 360 covered systems average 5.7 health-based violations each; DOBSON, TOWN OF carries 1, not more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
DOBSON, TOWN OF's most recent violation on record is dated 2026-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2025-05-10. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
The concern categories on record
DOBSON, 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 REVISIONS
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What DOBSON, TOWN OF's record does not cover
This is what DOBSON, 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. Between the utility's meter and DOBSON, TOWN OF's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 7,477th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.