Public water system record
City of Raleigh
Serves Raleigh and Garner, Wake County, NC · 640,000 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for City of Raleigh 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
- 0
Key facts
- City of Raleigh draws water from 2 surface water intakes.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, November 2016.
- Record on file since 2006, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 10,366 unknown out of 228,448 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, and no monitoring or reporting violations either.
Full record since 2006
EPA's records for City of Raleigh go back to 2006. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 5 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0 | 3 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 2 |
Enforcement actions
North Carolina regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against City of Raleigh between 2015 and 2016. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in November 2016.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 2016 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Bromate |
| Apr 29, 2015 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
Where the water comes from
City of Raleigh draws water from 2 surface water intakes. 3 other community water systems buy water from City of Raleigh. 3 other public water systems have emergency connections to City of Raleigh.
Community systems that buy water from it
- Franklin County Water & Sewer Youngsville, NC
- Johnston Co-West Smithfield, NC
- Town of Fuquay-Varina Fuquay-Varina, NC
Annual water quality report
City of Raleigh 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