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Town of Ocean Isle Beach

Serves Ocean Isle Beach, Brunswick County, NC · 7,925 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 4 monitoring/reporting issues for Town of Ocean Isle Beach in the last ten years.

  • NC0410035
  • OCEAN ISLE BEACH
  • NC
  • 7,925 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 28469
EPA system ID NC0410035

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

Key facts

  • Town of Ocean Isle Beach buys its water from Brunswick County Water System.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, October 2019.
  • Record on file since 2004, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 1,047 unknown out of 3,898 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.

None since October 2016.

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2019 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2019 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2017 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2017 Resolved

Full record since 2004

EPA's records for Town of Ocean Isle Beach go back to 2004. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 4 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
2000s 0 2
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 2
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 4

Enforcement actions

North Carolina regulators took 3 formal enforcement actions against Town of Ocean Isle Beach between 2016 and 2019. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in October 2019.

Date By Action Violations covered
Oct 16, 2019 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Jul 20, 2017 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Jul 19, 2016 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

Where the water comes from

Town of Ocean Isle Beach buys its water from Brunswick County Water System. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. 1 other community water system buys water from Town of Ocean Isle Beach.

Buys water from

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Town of Ocean Isle Beach 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.

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Testing your own water

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