DrinkingWaterCheck

Is LILLINGTON WATER SYSTEM's water safe to drink?

LILLINGTON WATER SYSTEM had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 3,847 people get their water from it, across 1,539 connections.

LILLINGTON WATER SYSTEM's record against the rest of the country

13 total violations and 1 health-based ones put LILLINGTON WATER SYSTEM at the 38th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 8,060 of 12,903.

Against the NC average

Among the 360 NC systems in this dataset, the average is 5.7 health-based violations - LILLINGTON WATER SYSTEM's 1 is at or below that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.

Most recent violation on record

LILLINGTON WATER SYSTEM's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-05-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2025-05-10. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.

The concern categories on record

LILLINGTON WATER SYSTEM'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:

The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.

What LILLINGTON WATER SYSTEM's record does not cover

Everything on this page is LILLINGTON WATER SYSTEM's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 1 health-based violation on file for LILLINGTON WATER SYSTEM - 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.