WASHINGTON, CITY OF: EPA violation history, explained
WASHINGTON, CITY OF had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 13,000 people get their water from it, across 5,373 connections.
How this compares nationally
WASHINGTON, CITY OF has 6 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 8,557th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 34th percentile nationally.
Against the NC average
Among the 360 NC systems in this dataset, the average is 5.7 health-based violations - WASHINGTON, CITY OF's 1 is at or below that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
WASHINGTON, CITY 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
WASHINGTON, CITY 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
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What WASHINGTON, CITY OF's record does not cover
Everything on this page is WASHINGTON, CITY OF's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and WASHINGTON, CITY OF's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 8,557th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.