JAMESTOWN, TOWN OF: EPA violation history, explained
JAMESTOWN, TOWN OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 6,543 people get their water from it, across 2,781 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
21 total violations and 3 health-based ones put JAMESTOWN, TOWN OF at the 61th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,021 of 12,903.
How JAMESTOWN, TOWN OF compares within NC
Among the 360 NC systems in this dataset, the average is 5.7 health-based violations - JAMESTOWN, TOWN OF's 3 is at or below that. 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 JAMESTOWN, TOWN OF is from 2024-01-10 (health-based: 2011-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
JAMESTOWN, 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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
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 JAMESTOWN, TOWN OF's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 21 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.