Is FAYETTEVILLE PUBLIC WORKS COMM's water safe to drink?
FAYETTEVILLE PUBLIC WORKS COMM has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 226,441 people get their water from it, across 93,571 connections.
How this compares nationally
9 total violations and 1 health-based ones put FAYETTEVILLE PUBLIC WORKS COMM at the 36th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 8,267 of 12,903.
Against the NC average
Among the 360 NC systems in this dataset, the average is 5.7 health-based violations - FAYETTEVILLE PUBLIC WORKS COMM's 1 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
FAYETTEVILLE PUBLIC WORKS COMM's most recent violation on record is dated 2020-08-08, with the most recent health-based one dated 2002-01-10. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
The concern categories on record
FAYETTEVILLE PUBLIC WORKS COMM'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 FAYETTEVILLE PUBLIC WORKS COMM's record does not cover
Everything on this page is FAYETTEVILLE PUBLIC WORKS COMM's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 9 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.