Is RUTHERFORD COLLEGE TOWN OF's water safe to drink?
RUTHERFORD COLLEGE 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. It serves 2,083 people through 850 service connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, RUTHERFORD COLLEGE TOWN OF ranks 9,056th by violation burden (30th percentile) - 3 violations total, 1 health-based.
Against the NC average
NC's 360 covered systems average 5.7 health-based violations each; RUTHERFORD COLLEGE TOWN OF carries 1, not more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
RUTHERFORD COLLEGE TOWN OF's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2024-01-07. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
The concern categories on record
RUTHERFORD COLLEGE 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:
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: 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 RUTHERFORD COLLEGE TOWN OF's record does not cover
RUTHERFORD COLLEGE TOWN 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. This record - 1 health-based violation on file for RUTHERFORD COLLEGE TOWN OF - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.