Is NORTH LUMBERTON UTILITY ASSN's water safe to drink?
NORTH LUMBERTON UTILITY ASSN 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 4,071 people through 1,542 service connections.
How this compares nationally
NORTH LUMBERTON UTILITY ASSN has 221 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 7,119th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 45th percentile nationally.
Against the MS average
MS's 349 covered systems average 3.2 health-based violations each; NORTH LUMBERTON UTILITY ASSN carries 1, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
NORTH LUMBERTON UTILITY ASSN'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: 05/18/2026.
The concern categories on record
NORTH LUMBERTON UTILITY ASSN'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
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What NORTH LUMBERTON UTILITY ASSN's record does not cover
This is what NORTH LUMBERTON UTILITY ASSN reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Between the utility's meter and NORTH LUMBERTON UTILITY ASSN's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 7,119th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.