Is TARBORO, TOWN OF's water safe to drink?
TARBORO, 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 10,844 people through 4,627 service connections.
How this compares nationally
TARBORO, TOWN OF has 28 violations on record in total, 12 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,607th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 88th percentile nationally.
Against the NC average
Among the 360 NC systems in this dataset, the average is 5.7 health-based violations - TARBORO, TOWN OF's 12 is above that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
TARBORO, TOWN OF's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-05-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2025-05-10. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
The concern categories on record
TARBORO, 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
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
- 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 TARBORO, TOWN OF's record does not cover
Everything on this page is TARBORO, TOWN OF's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 12 health-based violations on file for TARBORO, 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.