MARION, CITY OF: EPA violation history, explained
MARION, 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 9,362 people through 3,686 service connections.
How this compares nationally
16 total violations and 4 health-based ones put MARION, CITY OF at the 67th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 4,250 of 12,903.
Against the NC average
MARION, CITY OF's 4 health-based violations sit within the NC average of 5.7, across 360 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
MARION, CITY OF's most recent violation on record is dated 2026-01-04, with the most recent health-based one dated 2025-05-10. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
The concern categories on record
MARION, 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: Surface Water Treatment Rule
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What MARION, CITY OF's record does not cover
MARION, 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 - 4 health-based violations on file for MARION, 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.