DrinkingWaterCheck

What's in MADISON, TOWN OF's water?

MADISON, TOWN OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 2,116 people get their water from it, across 1,147 connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

MADISON, TOWN OF has 28 violations on record in total, 3 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,956th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 62th percentile nationally.

Against the NC average

NC's 360 covered systems average 5.7 health-based violations each; MADISON, TOWN OF carries 3, not more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.

Most recent violation on record

MADISON, TOWN OF's most recent violation on record is dated 2022-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2011-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.

The concern categories on record

MADISON, 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:

The most severe category on record is disinfection byproducts, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.

What MADISON, TOWN OF's record does not cover

Everything on this page is MADISON, 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 28 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.