FAYETTEVILLE: EPA violation history, explained

FAYETTEVILLE has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 15,281, over 6,661 connections.

FAYETTEVILLE's record against the rest of the country

15 total violations and 1 health-based ones put FAYETTEVILLE at the 38th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 7,960 of 12,903.

How FAYETTEVILLE compares within GA

GA's 312 covered systems average 3.5 health-based violations each; FAYETTEVILLE 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

The last violation EPA has on record for FAYETTEVILLE is from 2022-01-07 (health-based: 1994-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 06/12/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

FAYETTEVILLE'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: Coliform (TCR)

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 this data is and is not

FAYETTEVILLE'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 FAYETTEVILLE's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 7,960th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.