Is FAIRFIELD HARBOUR's water safe to drink?
FAIRFIELD HARBOUR has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 5,514, over 2,171 connections.
How this compares nationally
5 total violations and 1 health-based ones put FAIRFIELD HARBOUR at the 32th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 8,737 of 12,903.
Against the NC average
NC's 360 covered systems average 5.7 health-based violations each; FAIRFIELD HARBOUR carries 1, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
FAIRFIELD HARBOUR's most recent violation on record is dated 2020-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2020-01-10. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
The concern categories on record
FAIRFIELD HARBOUR'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 FAIRFIELD HARBOUR's record does not cover
This is what FAIRFIELD HARBOUR 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 FAIRFIELD HARBOUR's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 8,737th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.