Is LEXINGTON TOWN OF (3210001)'s water safe to drink?
LEXINGTON TOWN OF (3210001) has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 24,284, over 10,418 connections.
LEXINGTON TOWN OF (3210001)'s record against the rest of the country
LEXINGTON TOWN OF (3210001) has 34 violations on record in total, 11 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,758th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 86th percentile nationally.
Against the SC average
SC's 198 covered systems average 3.8 health-based violations each; LEXINGTON TOWN OF (3210001) carries 11, more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
LEXINGTON TOWN OF (3210001)'s most recent violation on record is dated 2016-01-04, with the most recent health-based one dated 2015-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 06/29/2026.
The concern categories on record
LEXINGTON TOWN OF (3210001)'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); Surface Water Treatment Rule
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 LEXINGTON TOWN OF (3210001)'s record does not cover
LEXINGTON TOWN OF (3210001)'s numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. Between the utility's meter and LEXINGTON TOWN OF (3210001)'s customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,758th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.