Is DARE CO-CAPE HATTERAS WATER's water safe to drink?
DARE CO-CAPE HATTERAS WATER has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 5,486 people get their water from it, across 4,320 connections.
How this compares nationally
DARE CO-CAPE HATTERAS WATER has 7 violations on record in total, 2 of thems health-based - ranking it 6,719th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 48th percentile nationally.
Against the NC average
NC's 360 covered systems average 5.7 health-based violations each; DARE CO-CAPE HATTERAS WATER 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
DARE CO-CAPE HATTERAS WATER's most recent violation on record is dated 2012-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2006-01-04. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
The concern categories on record
DARE CO-CAPE HATTERAS WATER'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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What DARE CO-CAPE HATTERAS WATER's record does not cover
DARE CO-CAPE HATTERAS WATER'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 DARE CO-CAPE HATTERAS WATER's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 6,719th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.