What's in GOLDSBORO, CITY OF's water?
GOLDSBORO, CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 34,959 people get their water from it, across 15,669 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
7 total violations and 3 health-based ones put GOLDSBORO, CITY OF at the 58th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,419 of 12,903.
How GOLDSBORO, CITY OF compares within NC
NC's 360 covered systems average 5.7 health-based violations each; GOLDSBORO, CITY OF carries 3, not more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for GOLDSBORO, CITY OF is from 2018-01-10 (health-based: 2018-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
GOLDSBORO, CITY 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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
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
Everything on this page is GOLDSBORO, CITY OF's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and GOLDSBORO, CITY OF's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 5,419th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.