What's in HAMLET WATER SYSTEM's water?
HAMLET WATER SYSTEM had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 10,635, over 4,254 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
44 total violations and 20 health-based ones put HAMLET WATER SYSTEM at the 93th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 889 of 12,903.
How HAMLET WATER SYSTEM compares within NC
Among the 360 NC systems in this dataset, the average is 5.7 health-based violations - HAMLET WATER SYSTEM's 20 is above that. 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 HAMLET WATER SYSTEM is from 2025-05-10 (health-based: 2025-05-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
HAMLET WATER SYSTEM'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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
Everything on this page is HAMLET WATER SYSTEM'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 HAMLET WATER SYSTEM's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 889th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.