LAKE CAROLINE: EPA violation history, explained
LAKE CAROLINE has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 2,933, over 1,173 connections.
How this compares nationally
92 total violations and 54 health-based ones put LAKE CAROLINE at the 98th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 243 of 12,903.
Against the average
LAKE CAROLINE's 54 health-based violations sit above the average of 11.2, across 244 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
LAKE CAROLINE's most recent violation on record is dated 2012-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2009-01-04. Last reported to EPA: 05/19/2026.
The concern categories on record
LAKE CAROLINE'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
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
- 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 LAKE CAROLINE's record does not cover
Everything on this page is LAKE CAROLINE'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 LAKE CAROLINE's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 243th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.