What's in CURRITUCK COUNTY WATER SYSTEM's water?
CURRITUCK COUNTY 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. 24,130 people get their water from it, across 9,500 connections.
CURRITUCK COUNTY WATER SYSTEM's record against the rest of the country
12 total violations and 4 health-based ones put CURRITUCK COUNTY WATER SYSTEM at the 66th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 4,334 of 12,903.
How CURRITUCK COUNTY WATER SYSTEM compares within NC
Among the 360 NC systems in this dataset, the average is 5.7 health-based violations - CURRITUCK COUNTY WATER SYSTEM's 4 is at or below 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 CURRITUCK COUNTY WATER SYSTEM is from 2025-05-10 (health-based: 2025-05-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CURRITUCK 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 REVISIONS
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
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
This is what CURRITUCK COUNTY WATER SYSTEM 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. Between the utility's meter and CURRITUCK COUNTY WATER SYSTEM's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,334th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.