Public water system record
Moore Co Public Util-Pinehurst
Serves Pinehurst, Moore County, NC · 31,390 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 9 monitoring/reporting issues for Moore Co Public Util-Pinehurst in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 9
Key facts
- Moore Co Public Util-Pinehurst draws water from 17 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, October 2025.
- Record on file since 1980, with 5 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 13,720 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Jul 19, 2025 |
Active
Enforcement action in place
|
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
|
Jul 11, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
|
Sep 11, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Aug 11, 2012 | Resolved |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
May 12, 2011 | Resolved |
Full record since 1980
EPA's records for Moore Co Public Util-Pinehurst go back to 1980. Before October 19, 2016 they list 5 health-based violations (5 resolved) and 90 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 16 |
| 1990s | 1 | 0 |
| 2000s | 4 | 70 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 4 |
| 2020s | 0 | 7 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform (acute), began August 2006, Resolved.
Show all 5 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 1, 2006 | Resolved |
|
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 5.2 pCi/L, federal limit 5 pCi/L (at or just above the limit)
|
Jan 1, 2005 | Resolved |
|
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 15.3 pCi/L, federal limit 5 pCi/L (3.1 times the limit)
|
Jan 1, 2005 | Resolved |
|
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 5.4 pCi/L, federal limit 5 pCi/L (1.1 times the limit)
|
Jul 1, 2004 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 1993 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
North Carolina regulators took 8 formal enforcement actions against Moore Co Public Util-Pinehurst and issued 1 boil water order between 2004 and 2025. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in October 2025.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 2025 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Public Notice |
| Jul 18, 2024 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Nov 13, 2023 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Revised Total Coliform Rule |
| Feb 15, 2013 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Public Notice |
| Oct 14, 2011 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Public Notice |
| Aug 11, 2011 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Total Coliform |
| May 23, 2008 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE |
| Aug 17, 2006 | North Carolina | Boil water order | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Nov 12, 2004 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 6 violations: Nitrite |
Where the water comes from
Moore Co Public Util-Pinehurst draws water from 17 wells. It also buys water from East Moore Water District, Town of Aberdeen and Town of Southern Pines. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Moore Co Public Util-Pinehurst.
Buys water from
- East Moore Water District Carthage, NC
- Town of Aberdeen Aberdeen, NC
- Town of Southern Pines Pinebluff, NC
Annual water quality report
Moore Co Public Util-Pinehurst 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