SOUTHERN OUTER BANKS WTR SYST: EPA violation history, explained
SOUTHERN OUTER BANKS WTR SYST has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 8,209, over 3,232 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, SOUTHERN OUTER BANKS WTR SYST ranks 4,735th by violation burden (63th percentile) - 78 violations total, 3 health-baseds.
Against the NC average
Among the 360 NC systems in this dataset, the average is 5.7 health-based violations - SOUTHERN OUTER BANKS WTR SYST's 3 is at or below that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
SOUTHERN OUTER BANKS WTR SYST's most recent violation on record is dated 2021-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2005-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
The concern categories on record
SOUTHERN OUTER BANKS WTR SYST'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:
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
The most severe category on record is disinfection byproducts, which points toward a carbon-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What SOUTHERN OUTER BANKS WTR SYST's record does not cover
SOUTHERN OUTER BANKS WTR SYST'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. This record - 3 health-based violations on file for SOUTHERN OUTER BANKS WTR SYST - 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.