What's in SALEM TOWN OF (SC3710001)'s water?
SALEM TOWN OF (SC3710001) has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 6,444 people get their water from it, across 2,774 connections.
How this compares nationally
SALEM TOWN OF (SC3710001) has 44 violations on record in total, 2 of thems health-based - ranking it 5,957th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 54th percentile nationally.
How SALEM TOWN OF (SC3710001) compares within SC
SC's 198 covered systems average 3.8 health-based violations each; SALEM TOWN OF (SC3710001) carries 2, not more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for SALEM TOWN OF (SC3710001) is from 2025-08-08 (health-based: 2007-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 06/29/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
SALEM TOWN OF (SC3710001)'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
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: Benzene
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
Everything on this page is SALEM TOWN OF (SC3710001)'s own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 44 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.