Public water system record
Town of Clarkton
Serves Clarkton, Bladen County, NC · 1,233 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 10 monitoring/reporting issues for Town of Clarkton in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 10
Key facts
- Town of Clarkton draws water from 3 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, April 2024.
- Record on file since 1994, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 687 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.
None since October 2016.
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
|
Feb 11, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Jun 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2017 | Resolved |
Full record since 1994
EPA's records for Town of Clarkton go back to 1994. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 11 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 | 1 |
| 2000s | 0 | 6 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 4 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 9 |
| 2020s | 0 | 1 |
Enforcement actions
North Carolina regulators took 10 formal enforcement actions against Town of Clarkton between 2013 and 2024, filed as 16 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in April 2024.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 2024 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Revised Total Coliform Rule |
| May 3, 2019 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 3 violations: Nitrate |
| Jan 24, 2019 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 3 violations: Nitrate |
| Nov 20, 2018 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
| Oct 18, 2018 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Aug 2, 2018 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Revised Total Coliform Rule |
| May 14, 2018 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Dec 7, 2015 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Chlorine, Total Coliform |
| Feb 22, 2013 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Total Coliform |
| Feb 1, 2013 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Total Coliform, Chlorine |
Where the water comes from
Town of Clarkton draws water from 3 wells. It also has an emergency connection to Bladen Co Wtr Dist-West Bladen. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Town of Clarkton.
Emergency or part-time connections to
- Bladen Co Wtr Dist-West Bladen Elizabethtown, NC
Annual water quality report
Town of Clarkton must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.
Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.
Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search
Testing your own water
To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by North Carolina.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells