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Town of Smithfield

Serves Smithfield, Johnston County, NC · 12,900 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 16 monitoring/reporting issues for Town of Smithfield in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.

  • NC0351010
  • SMITHFIELD
  • NC
  • 12,900 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 27577
EPA system ID NC0351010

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
16

Key facts

  • Town of Smithfield draws water from 1 surface water intake.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, February 2023.
  • Record on file since 1981, with 5 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 1 lead and 5,554 unknown out of 5,774 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
Selenium
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2022 Resolved
Thallium, Total
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2022 Resolved
Beryllium, Total
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2022 Resolved
Antimony, Total
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2022 Resolved
Nickel
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2022 Resolved
Mercury
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2022 Resolved
Fluoride
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2022 Resolved
CYANIDE
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2022 Resolved
Chromium (total)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2022 Resolved
Cadmium
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2022 Resolved
Barium
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2022 Resolved
Arsenic
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2022 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2020 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Dec 1, 2017 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Dec 1, 2017 Resolved

Full record since 1981

EPA's records for Town of Smithfield go back to 1981. Before October 19, 2016 they list 5 health-based violations (4 resolved, 1 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 37 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 0 4
1990s 2 0
2000s 0 32
2010 to October 18, 2016 3 1
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 2
2020s 1 14

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute), began February 2015, Resolved.

Show all 5 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
 Feb 1, 2015 Resolved
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
 Oct 1, 2012 Resolved
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jun 1, 2010 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Sep 1, 1993 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Sep 1, 1993 Archived

Enforcement actions

North Carolina regulators took 7 formal enforcement actions against Town of Smithfield and issued 1 boil water order between 2008 and 2023. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in February 2023.

Date By Action Violations covered
Feb 22, 2023 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 12 violations: Barium, Mercury, Beryllium, Total, Thallium, Total, Arsenic
Mar 20, 2018 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
May 25, 2016 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Chlorite
May 22, 2015 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Aug 29, 2013 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): CARBON, TOTAL
Jul 9, 2010 North Carolina Boil water order 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform
Jul 2, 2008 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 21 violations: CHLOROBENZENE, Benzene, Toluene, 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene, cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene
May 23, 2008 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 2 violations: Simazine, Dalapon

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

Town of Smithfield draws water from 1 surface water intake. It also has emergency connections to Johnston Co-West, Johnston Co-East and Micro, Town of (County Line). 1 other community water system buys water from Town of Smithfield. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Town of Smithfield.

Emergency or part-time connections to

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Town of Smithfield 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.

Systems serving 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.

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Testing your own water

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