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Carteret County, North Carolina

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NC031 · Carteret County 77 sys · 5,165 viol · #706/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-LOW · SRC-GW · SYS-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 97.4% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 13.5% health
  • RANK-UPPER #706/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.3 pp
  • PFAS-LOW 14.3% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-MID 77 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Vance County ( -0.3 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Carteret County ranks #706 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #31 of 100 counties in North Carolina. See methodology · corpus placement.

Carteret County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 97.4% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 13.5% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 14.3% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #706 of 3,254 · #31 of 100 in North Carolina.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Carteret County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Carteret County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Gates · lowest Vance · near Cabarrus · near Tyrrell · highest 50% 97% 97.1% 97.1% 97.1% 97.4% 100%

Source: EPA SDWIS (county aggregates) As of 2026-05-15

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
West Carteret Water Corp 19,512 59 Clean
Morehead City, Town Of 9,420 119 Clean
Atlantic Beach, Town Of 6,380 45 Clean
Bogue Banks Water Corporation 4,995 172 Clean
Newport Water System 4,829 110 Detected
Pine Knoll Shores 4,795 8 Clean
Beaufort, Town Of 4,452 58 Clean
North River/Mill Creek Water Service Dis 4,417 739 -
Harkers Island Sanitary Dist 2,586 25 -
Brandywine Bay 2,245 161 -
Goose Creek Resort 1,600 55 -
White Oak Shores RV Park 600 20 -
Sanctuary Church 500 96 -
Outer Island General Store 400 38 -
White Oak Shores #2 400 5 -
Smyrna Elem School 375 64 -
Seagate I 345 116 -
Eastman Creek Landing S/D 335 65 -
Gramercy Christian School 220 27 -
Albemarle in the Pines 200 72 -
DOT-Cedar Island Ferry Term 200 37 -
T & W Oyster Bar 200 38 -
Crossroads 200 116 -
Eastern Park 200 53 -
Eastern Park Annex 200 50 -
Great Island Cabins-Cape Lookout 200 11 -
Atlantic Village MHP 175 28 -
Port of Morehead City 174 42 -
Newport Flea Mall 150 127 -
Grace Presbyterian Church 150 37 -
Dogwood Family Campground 132 3 -
Atlantic Elementary 115 133 -
Atlantic MHP 113 64 -
Coastal Carolina Campground 110 19 -
Down East MHP 107 220 -
Atlantic MHP II 106 38 -
Seagate IV 105 37 -
Cir - Motel 100 140 -
George's Takeout 100 22 -
Community Bapt Ch of Newport 100 81 -
Radio Island Beach Access 100 39 -
Cross Roads Pizza 100 106 -
Cape Lookout Visitor Center 100 6 -
Riverstone 99 75 -
Ballou MHP 95 135 -
Harkers Village S/D 94 123 -
Merrimon Water System 91 124 -
Hunting Estates 80 33 -
Cir - RV Park 80 36 -
Lighthouse Way MHP & Apts 79 123 -

Compare beyond North Carolina

Mid-flagged peers for Carteret County

Cross-state counties nearest Carteret County on flagged-system share (97.4%) and cumulative violation count (5,165). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.

Similar flagged-system rate

Nearest cross-state counties by % of SDWIS systems with at least one violation on record.

4 peers

Similar violation load

Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).

4 peers

Read our methodology · Check your water system - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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