What's in PINE KNOLL SHORES's water?
PINE KNOLL SHORES has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 4,800 people through 1,890 service connections.
How this compares nationally
PINE KNOLL SHORES has 7 violations on record in total, 1 of them health-based - ranking it 8,481th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 34th percentile nationally.
Against the NC average
Among the 360 NC systems in this dataset, the average is 5.7 health-based violations - PINE KNOLL SHORES's 1 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
PINE KNOLL SHORES's most recent violation on record is dated 2009-01-04, with the most recent health-based one dated 1996-01-03. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
The concern categories on record
PINE KNOLL SHORES'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 PINE KNOLL SHORES's record does not cover
This is what PINE KNOLL SHORES 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 PINE KNOLL SHORES's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 8,481th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.