Is MCDOWELL COUNTY PSD BARTLEY's water safe to drink?
MCDOWELL COUNTY PSD BARTLEY has at least one health-based violation EPA's ECHO database still lists as unaddressed - the required fix has not been reported complete. Population served: 2,242, over 992 connections.
How this compares nationally
263 total violations and 11 health-based ones put MCDOWELL COUNTY PSD BARTLEY at the 87th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,672 of 12,903.
How MCDOWELL COUNTY PSD BARTLEY compares within
MCDOWELL COUNTY PSD BARTLEY's 11 health-based violations sit within the average of 11.2, across 244 systems statewide. 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 MCDOWELL COUNTY PSD BARTLEY is from 2027-05-09 (health-based: 2025-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 05/19/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
MCDOWELL COUNTY PSD BARTLEY'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: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
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 this data is and is not
Everything on this page is MCDOWELL COUNTY PSD BARTLEY'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 263 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.