HICKORY CITY OF: EPA violation history, explained

HICKORY CITY 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 71,393 people through 32,523 service connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

3 total violations and 1 health-based ones put HICKORY CITY OF at the 31th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 8,932 of 12,903.

How HICKORY CITY OF compares within NC

NC's 360 covered systems average 5.7 health-based violations each; HICKORY CITY OF carries 1, not more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.

Most recent violation on record

The last violation EPA has on record for HICKORY CITY OF is from 2002-01-10 (health-based: 2002-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

HICKORY 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:

• Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

The most severe category on record is disinfection byproducts, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.

What this data is and is not

This is what HICKORY CITY 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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 3 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.