DUPLIN COUNTY WATER SYSTEM: EPA violation history, explained
DUPLIN 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. 18,542 people get their water from it, across 7,900 connections.
DUPLIN COUNTY WATER SYSTEM's record against the rest of the country
170 total violations and 2 health-based ones put DUPLIN COUNTY WATER SYSTEM at the 56th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 5,703 of 12,903.
How DUPLIN COUNTY WATER SYSTEM compares within NC
DUPLIN COUNTY WATER SYSTEM's 2 health-based violations sit within the NC average of 5.7, across 360 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for DUPLIN COUNTY WATER SYSTEM is from 2016-11-09 (health-based: 2001-01-02). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
DUPLIN 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
This is what DUPLIN 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 DUPLIN COUNTY WATER SYSTEM's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 5,703th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.