What's in NORWOOD, TOWN OF's water?
NORWOOD, TOWN OF had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 4,323 people get their water from it, across 1,726 connections.
NORWOOD, TOWN OF's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, NORWOOD, TOWN OF ranks 1,436th by violation burden (89th percentile) - 51 violations total, 13 health-baseds.
How NORWOOD, TOWN OF compares within NC
NORWOOD, TOWN OF's 13 health-based violations sit above the NC average of 5.7, across 360 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for NORWOOD, TOWN OF is from 2027-01-04 (health-based: 2025-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
NORWOOD, 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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL; Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate
- 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
This is what NORWOOD, TOWN OF 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 NORWOOD, TOWN OF's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 1,436th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.