DrinkingWaterCheck

Is HARRISBURG, TOWN OF's water safe to drink?

HARRISBURG, TOWN OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 20,549 people through 8,090 service connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

29 total violations and 5 health-based ones put HARRISBURG, TOWN OF at the 73th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,511 of 12,903.

Against the NC average

HARRISBURG, TOWN OF's 5 health-based violations sit within the NC average of 5.7, across 360 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.

Most recent violation on record

HARRISBURG, TOWN OF's most recent violation on record is dated 2021-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2021-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.

The concern categories on record

HARRISBURG, TOWN 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:

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 HARRISBURG, TOWN OF's record does not cover

This is what HARRISBURG, TOWN OF 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. This record - 5 health-based violations on file for HARRISBURG, TOWN OF - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.