What's in PENDER COUNTY UTILITIES's water?
PENDER COUNTY UTILITIES had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 32,302 people get their water from it, across 12,921 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, PENDER COUNTY UTILITIES ranks 946th by violation burden (93th percentile) - 39 violations total, 19 health-baseds.
Against the NC average
Among the 360 NC systems in this dataset, the average is 5.7 health-based violations - PENDER COUNTY UTILITIES's 19 is above that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
PENDER COUNTY UTILITIES's most recent violation on record is dated 2027-04-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2026-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
The concern categories on record
PENDER COUNTY UTILITIES'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
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What PENDER COUNTY UTILITIES's record does not cover
PENDER COUNTY UTILITIES'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 PENDER COUNTY UTILITIES's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 946th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.