Is THE VILLAGE OF BALD HEAD ISLAND's water safe to drink?
THE VILLAGE OF BALD HEAD ISLAND has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 3,291 people get their water from it, across 1,296 connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
THE VILLAGE OF BALD HEAD ISLAND has 35 violations on record in total, 3 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,870th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 62th percentile nationally.
How THE VILLAGE OF BALD HEAD ISLAND compares within NC
THE VILLAGE OF BALD HEAD ISLAND's 3 health-based violations sit within the NC average of 5.7, across 360 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for THE VILLAGE OF BALD HEAD ISLAND is from 2022-01-07 (health-based: 1994-01-07). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
THE VILLAGE OF BALD HEAD ISLAND'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: Coliform (TCR)
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
Everything on this page is THE VILLAGE OF BALD HEAD ISLAND's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and THE VILLAGE OF BALD HEAD ISLAND's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,870th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.