LOWELL, CITY OF: EPA violation history, explained
LOWELL, CITY OF had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. It serves 3,837 people through 1,750 service connections.
LOWELL, CITY OF's record against the rest of the country
27 total violations and 2 health-based ones put LOWELL, CITY OF at the 53th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 6,114 of 12,903.
How LOWELL, CITY OF compares within NC
Among the 360 NC systems in this dataset, the average is 5.7 health-based violations - LOWELL, CITY OF's 2 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 LOWELL, CITY OF is from 2025-05-10 (health-based: 2025-05-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
LOWELL, CITY 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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
LOWELL, CITY OF'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. This record - 2 health-based violations on file for LOWELL, CITY 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.