NEWPORT WATER SYSTEM: EPA violation history, explained
NEWPORT 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. 5,453 people get their water from it, across 2,147 connections.
NEWPORT WATER SYSTEM's record against the rest of the country
NEWPORT WATER SYSTEM has 62 violations on record in total, 3 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,770th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 63th percentile nationally.
How NEWPORT WATER SYSTEM compares within NC
Among the 360 NC systems in this dataset, the average is 5.7 health-based violations - NEWPORT WATER SYSTEM's 3 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 NEWPORT WATER SYSTEM is from 2025-05-10 (health-based: 2025-05-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
NEWPORT 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
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Cadmium
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 NEWPORT 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 NEWPORT WATER SYSTEM's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,770th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.