Is SCOTLAND NECK, TOWN OF's water safe to drink?
SCOTLAND NECK, TOWN OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 2,761, over 1,087 connections.
SCOTLAND NECK, TOWN OF's record against the rest of the country
SCOTLAND NECK, TOWN OF has 116 violations on record in total, 44 of thems health-based - ranking it 324th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 97th percentile nationally.
How SCOTLAND NECK, TOWN OF compares within NC
Among the 360 NC systems in this dataset, the average is 5.7 health-based violations - SCOTLAND NECK, TOWN OF's 44 is above that. 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 SCOTLAND NECK, TOWN OF is from 2020-01-07 (health-based: 2018-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
SCOTLAND NECK, 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)
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; 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 SCOTLAND NECK, 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. This record - 44 health-based violations on file for SCOTLAND NECK, 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.