SOUTHERN PINES, TOWN OF: EPA violation history, explained
SOUTHERN PINES, 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. Population served: 24,102, over 9,641 connections.
SOUTHERN PINES, TOWN OF's record against the rest of the country
43 total violations and 12 health-based ones put SOUTHERN PINES, TOWN OF at the 88th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,578 of 12,903.
How SOUTHERN PINES, TOWN OF compares within NC
SOUTHERN PINES, TOWN OF's 12 health-based violations sit above the NC average of 5.7, across 360 systems statewide. 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 SOUTHERN PINES, TOWN OF is from 2025-05-10 (health-based: 2025-05-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
SOUTHERN PINES, 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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
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
SOUTHERN PINES, 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 - 12 health-based violations on file for SOUTHERN PINES, 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.