BRUNSWICK COUNTY WATER SYSTEM: EPA violation history, explained
BRUNSWICK 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. 151,357 people get their water from it, across 67,270 connections.
How this compares nationally
BRUNSWICK COUNTY WATER SYSTEM has 52 violations on record in total, 9 of thems health-based - ranking it 2,105th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 84th percentile nationally.
How BRUNSWICK COUNTY WATER SYSTEM compares within NC
Among the 360 NC systems in this dataset, the average is 5.7 health-based violations - BRUNSWICK COUNTY WATER SYSTEM's 9 is above that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for BRUNSWICK COUNTY WATER SYSTEM is from 2024-01-01 (health-based: 2016-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
BRUNSWICK 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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: Lead and Copper Rule
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Chlorite
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
Everything on this page is BRUNSWICK COUNTY WATER SYSTEM's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 9 health-based violations on file for BRUNSWICK COUNTY WATER SYSTEM - 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.