DrinkingWaterCheck

What's in ELIZABETH CITY, CITY OF's water?

ELIZABETH CITY, CITY OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 19,187 people get their water from it, across 7,554 connections.

How this compares nationally

5 total violations and 2 health-based ones put ELIZABETH CITY, CITY OF at the 47th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 6,850 of 12,903.

Against the NC average

NC's 360 covered systems average 5.7 health-based violations each; ELIZABETH CITY, CITY OF carries 2, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.

Most recent violation on record

ELIZABETH CITY, CITY OF's most recent violation on record is dated 2019-01-11, with the most recent health-based one dated 1987-04-09. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.

The concern categories on record

ELIZABETH CITY, CITY OF'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:

The most severe category on record is disinfection byproducts, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.

What ELIZABETH CITY, CITY OF's record does not cover

ELIZABETH CITY, CITY OF'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. This record - 2 health-based violations on file for ELIZABETH CITY, CITY OF - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.