Public water system record
Town of Morehead City
Serves Morehead City, Carteret County, NC · 18,846 people served
Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 5 monitoring/reporting issues for Town of Morehead City in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 1
- Resolved
- 1
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 5
Key facts
- Town of Morehead City draws water from 4 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, December 2025.
- Record on file since 1995, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 6,898 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.
| Contaminant | Rule family | Start date | Status | Acute |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
Treatment technique failure
|
350 | Oct 17, 2024 | Resolved | No |
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2025 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
|
|
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
|
Oct 17, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2018 | Resolved |
Full record since 1995
EPA's records for Town of Morehead City go back to 1995. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 33 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1 | 1 |
| 2000s | 0 | 32 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020s | 1 | 3 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Fluoride, began January 1999, Resolved.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Fluoride
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 4.18 mg/L, federal limit 4 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
|
Jan 1, 1999 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
North Carolina regulators took 4 formal enforcement actions against Town of Morehead City between 2018 and 2025. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in December 2025.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 18, 2025 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Nitrate |
| Jan 31, 2024 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Nov 20, 2018 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
| May 14, 2018 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
What the violations mean
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
1 incidentThe system did not complete a treatment step or action that the LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS requires (a treatment technique violation).
The utility had to notify customers about this violation.
Where the water comes from
Town of Morehead City draws water from 4 wells. It also has an emergency connection to Newport Water System. 1 smaller public system such as schools, businesses or campgrounds buys water from Town of Morehead City. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Town of Morehead City.
Emergency or part-time connections to
- Newport Water System Newport, NC
Annual water quality report
Town of Morehead City 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