CHOWAN CO WATER SYSTEM: EPA violation history, explained
CHOWAN CO WATER SYSTEM had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 11,722, over 4,615 connections.
How this compares nationally
CHOWAN CO WATER SYSTEM has 18 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 7,880th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 39th percentile nationally.
How CHOWAN CO WATER SYSTEM compares within NC
Among the 360 NC systems in this dataset, the average is 5.7 health-based violations - CHOWAN CO WATER SYSTEM's 1 is at or below that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for CHOWAN CO WATER SYSTEM is from 2025-05-10 (health-based: 2025-05-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CHOWAN CO 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 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 this data is and is not
CHOWAN CO WATER SYSTEM'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. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 18 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.