Is HILLSBOROUGH, TOWN OF's water safe to drink?
HILLSBOROUGH, 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 14,006 people through 6,309 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, HILLSBOROUGH, TOWN OF ranks 2,344th by violation burden (82th percentile) - 52 violations total, 8 health-baseds.
How HILLSBOROUGH, TOWN OF compares within NC
Among the 360 NC systems in this dataset, the average is 5.7 health-based violations - HILLSBOROUGH, TOWN OF's 8 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 HILLSBOROUGH, TOWN OF is from 2020-11-05 (health-based: 2006-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
HILLSBOROUGH, 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:
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; 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 HILLSBOROUGH, 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 - 8 health-based violations on file for HILLSBOROUGH, 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.