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CFPUA - WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH: EPA violation history, explained

CFPUA - WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 5,300 people get their water from it, across 2,768 connections.

How this compares nationally

18 total violations and 6 health-based ones put CFPUA - WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH at the 76th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,132 of 12,903.

Against the NC average

CFPUA - WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH's 6 health-based violations sit above 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

CFPUA - WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH'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

CFPUA - WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH'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 lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.

What CFPUA - WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH's record does not cover

CFPUA - WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH'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 CFPUA - WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 3,132th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.