WEST CARTERET WATER CORP: EPA violation history, explained
WEST CARTERET WATER CORP has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 19,512 people through 8,421 service connections.
How this compares nationally
WEST CARTERET WATER CORP has 20 violations on record in total, 13 of thems health-based - ranking it 1,495th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 88th percentile nationally.
How WEST CARTERET WATER CORP compares within NC
NC's 360 covered systems average 5.7 health-based violations each; WEST CARTERET WATER CORP carries 13, more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for WEST CARTERET WATER CORP is from 2008-02-04 (health-based: 2005-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/26/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
WEST CARTERET WATER CORP'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)
- 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 this data is and is not
Everything on this page is WEST CARTERET WATER CORP's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 13 health-based violations on file for WEST CARTERET WATER CORP - 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.