What's in PERQUIMANS COUNTY WATER SYSTEM's water?
PERQUIMANS COUNTY 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. Population served: 12,320, over 5,600 connections.
PERQUIMANS COUNTY WATER SYSTEM's record against the rest of the country
PERQUIMANS COUNTY WATER SYSTEM has 16 violations on record in total, 2 of thems health-based - ranking it 6,296th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 51th percentile nationally.
Against the NC average
NC's 360 covered systems average 5.7 health-based violations each; PERQUIMANS COUNTY WATER SYSTEM carries 2, not more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
PERQUIMANS COUNTY WATER SYSTEM's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-05-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2025-05-10. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
The concern categories on record
PERQUIMANS 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:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What PERQUIMANS COUNTY WATER SYSTEM's record does not cover
PERQUIMANS COUNTY WATER SYSTEM'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 PERQUIMANS COUNTY WATER SYSTEM's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 6,296th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.