Is ROXBORO, CITY OF's water safe to drink?

ROXBORO, CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 13,139 people through 5,173 service connections.

ROXBORO, CITY OF's record against the rest of the country

21 total violations and 9 health-based ones put ROXBORO, CITY OF at the 83th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 2,186 of 12,903.

How ROXBORO, CITY OF compares within NC

ROXBORO, CITY OF'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 ROXBORO, CITY OF is from 2014-01-11 (health-based: 2010-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.

What kind of problem, specifically

ROXBORO, 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:

• Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM

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

ROXBORO, 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. Between the utility's meter and ROXBORO, CITY OF's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,186th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.