Is OAK ISLAND, TOWN OF's water safe to drink?
OAK ISLAND, TOWN OF has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 26,924 people get their water from it, across 10,600 connections.
OAK ISLAND, TOWN OF's record against the rest of the country
30 total violations and 1 health-based ones put OAK ISLAND, TOWN OF at the 41th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 7,654 of 12,903.
Against the NC average
Among the 360 NC systems in this dataset, the average is 5.7 health-based violations - OAK ISLAND, TOWN OF's 1 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
OAK ISLAND, TOWN OF's most recent violation on record is dated 2020-05-04, with the most recent health-based one dated 2006-01-09. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
The concern categories on record
OAK ISLAND, TOWN 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:
- 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 OAK ISLAND, TOWN OF's record does not cover
Everything on this page is OAK ISLAND, TOWN OF's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 1 health-based violation on file for OAK ISLAND, TOWN 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.