Community Water System · PWS NC0428020
Manteo Town Of
Operator location Manteo, North Carolina - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 90 EPA violations; groundwater source; 2,638 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 2,638
- People served (this PWS)
- 90
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 7
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Manteo Town Of standing, high SDWIS violation third
90 EPA SDWIS violations on record - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 8% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #11,507 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Manteo Town Of sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (90), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,638 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 8% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #11,507 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #315 of 713
- Population · NC
- 90
- Total EPA violations on record
- 8%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 1,637
- County
- Dare
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 4
- Monitoring Violations
- 46
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 3
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 22 | 2006 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 8 | 1996 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 8 | 2009 |
| TTHM | MR | 8 | 2009 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 7 | 2006 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 5 | 2016 |
| Chlorine | MR | 5 | 2016 |
| Public Notice | Other | 4 | 2009 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 4 | 2003 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | TT | 3 | 1994 |
| Gross Beta Particle Activity | MR | 2 | 1980 |
| Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule | MR | 1 | 2007 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 1 | 1980 |
| Combined Radium (-226 and -228) | MR | 1 | 1980 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Manteo Town Of has 90 recorded EPA violations, 71% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 29% carry more. 8% of this system's own violations are health-based (7 of 90), and it ranks #11,507 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
90 Around the middle fewer violations than 29% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
SDWIS compliance record for Manteo Town Of
90 violations on record for NC0428020; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · North Carolina DEQ, Public Water Supply Section
Nationwide peers
90 violations · 2,638 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems with comparable violation load
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Manteo Town Of
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