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Lillington Water System

Serves Lillington, Harnett County, NC · 3,847 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 4 monitoring/reporting issues for Lillington Water System in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.

  • NC0343025
  • LILLINGTON
  • NC
  • 3,847 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 27546
EPA system ID NC0343025

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
4

Key facts

  • Lillington Water System buys its water from Harnett Regional Water.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, November 2018.
  • Record on file since 1998, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 903 unknown out of 1,499 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
Treatment technique failure
 350 Oct 17, 2024 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
 Oct 17, 2024 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Nov 14, 2018 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2018 Active
Enforcement action in place
Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
 Oct 11, 2017 Resolved

Full record since 1998

EPA's records for Lillington Water System go back to 1998. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 7 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 2
2000s 0 3
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 2
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 3
2020s 1 1

Enforcement actions

North Carolina regulators took 4 formal enforcement actions against Lillington Water System between 2010 and 2018, filed as 5 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in November 2018.

Date By Action Violations covered
Nov 20, 2018 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule
Nov 13, 2017 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Revised Total Coliform Rule
Aug 11, 2011 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Total Coliform, Chlorine
Apr 20, 2010 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule

What the violations mean

LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS

1 incident

The system did not complete a treatment step or action that the LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS requires (a treatment technique violation).

The utility had to notify customers about this violation.

Where the water comes from

Lillington Water System buys its water from Harnett Regional Water. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

Lillington Water System 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

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