RICHMOND COUNTY WATER SYSTEM: EPA violation history, explained
RICHMOND COUNTY WATER SYSTEM has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 22,578, over 9,031 connections.
RICHMOND COUNTY WATER SYSTEM's record against the rest of the country
39 total violations and 9 health-based ones put RICHMOND COUNTY WATER SYSTEM at the 84th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 2,121 of 12,903.
How RICHMOND COUNTY WATER SYSTEM compares within NC
RICHMOND COUNTY WATER SYSTEM's 9 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 RICHMOND COUNTY WATER SYSTEM is from 2022-01-07 (health-based: 2017-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
RICHMOND COUNTY WATER SYSTEM'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:
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
The most severe category on record is disinfection byproducts, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
RICHMOND COUNTY WATER SYSTEM'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. Between the utility's meter and RICHMOND COUNTY WATER SYSTEM's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,121th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.