What's in ELKIN, TOWN OF's water?
ELKIN, 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: 4,076, over 2,106 connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, ELKIN, TOWN OF ranks 8,056th by violation burden (38th percentile) - 13 violations total, 1 health-based.
Against the NC average
ELKIN, TOWN OF's 1 health-based violations sit within the NC average of 5.7, across 360 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
ELKIN, TOWN OF's most recent violation on record is dated 2017-11-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2005-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
The concern categories on record
ELKIN, 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 ELKIN, TOWN OF's record does not cover
ELKIN, 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. Between the utility's meter and ELKIN, TOWN OF's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 8,056th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.