What's in UNION COUNTY WATER SYSTEM's water?
UNION COUNTY WATER SYSTEM has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 169,685, over 66,805 connections.
UNION COUNTY WATER SYSTEM's record against the rest of the country
15 total violations and 5 health-based ones put UNION COUNTY WATER SYSTEM at the 72th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,643 of 12,903.
Against the NC average
Among the 360 NC systems in this dataset, the average is 5.7 health-based violations - UNION COUNTY WATER SYSTEM's 5 is at or below that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
UNION COUNTY WATER SYSTEM's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2020-01-03. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
The concern categories on record
UNION COUNTY WATER SYSTEM'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); Revised Total Coliform Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: 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 UNION COUNTY WATER SYSTEM's record does not cover
This is what UNION COUNTY WATER SYSTEM 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. Between the utility's meter and UNION COUNTY WATER SYSTEM's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 3,643th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.