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Craven County, North Carolina

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NC049 · Craven County 15 sys · 902 viol · #496/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-GW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 17.3% health
  • RANK-TOP #496/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-SMALL 15 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Forsyth County (+ 0 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Craven County ranks #496 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #22 of 100 counties in North Carolina. See methodology · corpus placement.

Craven County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 100.0% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 17.3% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #496 of 3,254 · #22 of 100 in North Carolina.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Craven County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Gates · lowest Tyrrell · highest Union · near Harnett · near 50% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
New Bern, City Of 37,884 16 Clean
Craven County Water System 37,848 148 Clean
Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point 17,144 24 Clean
Havelock Water System 14,925 74 Clean
First Craven Sanitary District 6,325 11 Clean
Fairfield Harbour 5,514 25 Clean
Town of River Bend 2,846 79 -
Vanceboro Water System 1,864 11 -
Cove City, Town Of 440 49 -
Dover, Town Of 425 156 -
International Paper- New Bern Mill 375 12 -
Norris MHP 91 3 -
River Bend Marina 72 102 -
Sanderson`s MHP 34 180 -
International Paper Administative System 30 12 -

Compare beyond North Carolina

Mid-flagged peers for Craven County

Cross-state counties nearest Craven County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (902). 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
Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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