Public water system record
Johnston Co-West
Serves an area of Johnston County, NC that includes Clayton, Wilson's Mills, Smithfield and 2 more places · 92,365 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 4 monitoring/reporting issues for Johnston Co-West 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
- 4
Key facts
- Johnston Co-West draws water from 1 surface water intake.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, June 2025.
- Record on file since 1998, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 37,489 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, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2019 | Resolved |
Full record since 1998
EPA's records for Johnston Co-West go back to 1998. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 3 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1 | 0 |
| 2000s | 0 | 3 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0 | 3 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began September 1998, Resolved.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Sep 1, 1998 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
North Carolina regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Johnston Co-West in 2025. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in June 2025.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 2025 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Revised Total Coliform Rule |
Where the water comes from
Johnston Co-West draws water from 1 surface water intake. It also buys water from Harnett Regional Water, Town of Smithfield and City of Raleigh. It also has emergency connections to Town of Benson and Town of Fuquay-Varina. 15 other community water systems buy water from Johnston Co-West. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Johnston Co-West.
Buys water from
- Harnett Regional Water Lillington, NC
- Town of Smithfield Smithfield, NC
- City of Raleigh Raleigh, NC
Emergency or part-time connections to
- Town of Benson Benson, NC
- Town of Fuquay-Varina Fuquay-Varina, NC
Community systems that buy water from it
- Creekside Place S/D Cary, NC
- Flowers Plantation Cary, NC
- Smithfield South Water Dist Smithfield, NC
- South Plantation S/D Cary, NC
- Southgate S/D Cary, NC
- Sun Ridge Farm S/D Cary, NC
- Town of Benson Benson, NC
- Town of Clayton Clayton, NC
- Town of Clayton - North Clayton, NC
- Town of Four Oaks Four Oaks, NC
- Town of Fuquay-Varina Fuquay-Varina, NC
- White Oak Plantation Charlotte, NC
- Willowbrook Development Charlotte, NC
- Winston Plantation Charlotte, NC
- Winston Pointe S/D Charlotte, NC
Annual water quality report
Johnston Co-West 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.
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