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YANCEY WSC: EPA violation history, explained

YANCEY WSC has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 12,186, over 4,055 connections.

YANCEY WSC's record against the rest of the country

Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, YANCEY WSC ranks 6,772th by violation burden (48th percentile) - 6 violations total, 2 health-baseds.

Against the TX average

TX's 1,633 covered systems average 6.7 health-based violations each; YANCEY WSC carries 2, not more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.

Most recent violation on record

YANCEY WSC's most recent violation on record is dated 2009-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2009-01-10. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.

The concern categories on record

YANCEY WSC'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:

The most severe category on record is synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / vocs, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.

What YANCEY WSC's record does not cover

YANCEY WSC's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. Between the utility's meter and YANCEY WSC's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 6,772th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.