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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)
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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

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

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.

4 peers

Cross-state systems near this population served

Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).

4 peers

What to do with Manteo Town Of

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.

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