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Brunswick County Water System

Serves an area of Brunswick County, NC that includes Leland, Oak Island, St. James and 7 more places · 142,227 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 6 monitoring/reporting issues for Brunswick County Water System in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule violation.

  • NC0410045
  • BOLIVIA
  • NC
  • 142,227 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 28422
EPA system ID NC0410045

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
Yes
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
6

Key facts

  • Brunswick County Water System draws water from 14 wells and 1 surface water intake.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, April 2024.
  • Record on file since 1988, with 9 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 59,042 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
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 120 Oct 1, 2016 Resolved Yes

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2024 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2024 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2024 Resolved
Chlorine dioxide
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2019 Resolved
Chlorite
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2019 Resolved
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2017 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.

Full record since 1988

EPA's records for Brunswick County Water System go back to 1988. Before October 19, 2016 they list 9 health-based violations (9 resolved) and 36 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 0 16
1990s 1 13
2000s 6 2
2010 to October 18, 2016 2 5
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 3
2020s 0 3

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

Show all 9 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
 Oct 1, 2016 Resolved
Chlorite
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 1.1 mg/L, federal limit 1 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Feb 1, 2014 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
 Dec 1, 2009 Resolved
Chlorite
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 1.07 mg/L, federal limit 1 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Nov 1, 2006 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 2003 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 2003 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
 Oct 1, 2002 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
 Oct 1, 2002 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Oct 1, 1996 Resolved

Enforcement actions

North Carolina regulators took 7 formal enforcement actions against Brunswick County Water System between 2014 and 2024, filed as 10 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in April 2024.

Date By Action Violations covered
Apr 15, 2024 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 3 violations: CARBON, TOTAL, Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Nov 26, 2019 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Chlorite, Chlorine dioxide
Oct 25, 2017 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: CARBON, TOTAL
Nov 30, 2016 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
May 25, 2016 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Chlorite
Mar 27, 2014 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Chloramine, Total Coliform
Mar 13, 2014 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Chlorite

What the violations mean

Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule

1 incident

The system did not meet a filtration or treatment requirement for surface water

Inadequate treatment of surface water can let pathogens such as Cryptosporidium and Giardia through

Where the water comes from

Brunswick County Water System draws water from 14 wells and 1 surface water intake. 4 other community water systems buy water from Brunswick County Water System. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Brunswick County Water System.

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Brunswick County Water System 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

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