What's in DARE COUNTY WATER SYSTEM's water?
DARE 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. 28,732 people get their water from it, across 15,286 connections.
DARE COUNTY WATER SYSTEM's record against the rest of the country
10 total violations and 1 health-based ones put DARE COUNTY WATER SYSTEM at the 36th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 8,206 of 12,903.
How DARE COUNTY WATER SYSTEM compares within NC
DARE COUNTY WATER SYSTEM's 1 health-based violations sit within the NC average of 5.7, across 360 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for DARE COUNTY WATER SYSTEM is from 2019-01-07 (health-based: 2003-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
DARE 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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
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 this data is and is not
DARE COUNTY 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. Between the utility's meter and DARE COUNTY WATER SYSTEM's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 8,206th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.