Is WAYNE WATER DISTRICTS PURCHASE's water safe to drink?
WAYNE WATER DISTRICTS PURCHASE 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 16,302 people through 6,418 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
9 total violations and 1 health-based ones put WAYNE WATER DISTRICTS PURCHASE at the 36th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 8,281 of 12,903.
Against the NC average
WAYNE WATER DISTRICTS PURCHASE's 1 health-based violations sit within the NC average of 5.7, across 360 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
WAYNE WATER DISTRICTS PURCHASE'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
WAYNE WATER DISTRICTS PURCHASE'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 WAYNE WATER DISTRICTS PURCHASE's record does not cover
This is what WAYNE WATER DISTRICTS PURCHASE 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. This record - 1 health-based violation on file for WAYNE WATER DISTRICTS PURCHASE - 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.