Is STANLY CO-WEST STANLY DIST's water safe to drink?
STANLY CO-WEST STANLY DIST has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 9,939, over 3,913 connections.
How this compares nationally
80 total violations and 24 health-based ones put STANLY CO-WEST STANLY DIST at the 94th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 731 of 12,903.
How STANLY CO-WEST STANLY DIST compares within NC
NC's 360 covered systems average 5.7 health-based violations each; STANLY CO-WEST STANLY DIST carries 24, more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for STANLY CO-WEST STANLY DIST is from 2026-01-01 (health-based: 2010-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
STANLY CO-WEST STANLY DIST'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; 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 this data is and is not
Everything on this page is STANLY CO-WEST STANLY DIST'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 80 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.