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Brandywine Bay

Serves Morehead City and Brandywine Bay, Carteret County, NC · 2,245 people served

Federal records show 6 health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Brandywine Bay in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) violation.

  • NC0416163
  • CHARLOTTE
  • NC
  • 2,245 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 28224
EPA system ID NC0416163

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
6
Resolved
6
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
2

Key facts

  • Brandywine Bay draws water from 2 wells.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), 0.091 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit), 2020.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by North Carolina, January 2023.
  • Record on file since 1987, with 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 173 unknown out of 869 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
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.063 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Jan 1, 2021 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.091 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Apr 1, 2020 Resolved No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.062 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Apr 1, 2020 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.082 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Jan 1, 2020 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.082 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Apr 1, 2019 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.087 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Jan 1, 2019 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Jun 1, 2022 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2022 Resolved

Full record since 1987

EPA's records for Brandywine Bay go back to 1987. Before October 19, 2016 they list 4 health-based violations (4 resolved) and 40 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 0 32
1990s 0 2
2000s 0 4
2010 to October 18, 2016 4 2
October 19, 2016 to 2019 2 0
2020s 4 2

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), began October 2014, Resolved.

Show all 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.063 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2014 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.096 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2013 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.105 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2013 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.092 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2013 Resolved

Enforcement actions

North Carolina regulators took 7 formal enforcement actions against Brandywine Bay between 2010 and 2023, filed as 8 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in January 2023.

Date By Action Violations covered
Jan 18, 2023 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation: Revised Total Coliform Rule
Jul 27, 2022 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Chlorine, Revised Total Coliform Rule
May 15, 2020 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations (2 health-based): Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Feb 15, 2019 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 4 violations (4 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Mar 2, 2015 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Oct 21, 2013 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 3 violations (3 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Oct 29, 2010 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation: Total Coliform

What the violations mean

Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

4 incidents

Disinfection byproduct levels exceeded the federal limit

Long-term TTHM exposure may increase bladder cancer risk

Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

2 incidents

Haloacetic acid byproducts exceeded the federal limit

Long-term exposure to HAAs may increase cancer risk

Where the water comes from

Brandywine Bay draws water from 2 wells.

Annual water quality report

Brandywine Bay 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.

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.

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