What's in TOWN OF HICKORY's water?
TOWN OF HICKORY has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 2,669 people through 1,011 service connections.
How this compares nationally
TOWN OF HICKORY has 164 violations on record in total, 3 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,664th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 64th percentile nationally.
How TOWN OF HICKORY compares within MS
MS's 349 covered systems average 3.2 health-based violations each; TOWN OF HICKORY carries 3, not 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 TOWN OF HICKORY is from 2024-01-01 (health-based: 2008-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
TOWN OF HICKORY'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)
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
Everything on this page is TOWN OF HICKORY's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 3 health-based violations on file for TOWN OF HICKORY - 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.