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Town of Cove City

Serves Cove City, Craven County, NC · 440 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 3 monitoring/reporting issues for Town of Cove City in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.

  • NC0425045
  • COVE CITY
  • NC
  • 440 served

System profile

Source water Purchased groundwater
ZIP 28523
EPA system ID NC0425045

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
3

Key facts

  • Town of Cove City buys its water from Craven County Water System.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, April 2019.
  • Record on file since 1999, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 255 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
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2018 Active
Enforcement action in place
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2018 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2018 Resolved

Full record since 1999

EPA's records for Town of Cove City go back to 1999. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 7 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 2
2000s 0 2
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 3
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 3

Enforcement actions

North Carolina regulators took 5 formal enforcement actions against Town of Cove City between 2014 and 2019, filed as 6 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in April 2019.

Date By Action Violations covered
Apr 29, 2019 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule
Nov 14, 2018 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Oct 7, 2016 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Revised Total Coliform Rule
Feb 25, 2014 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation: Total Coliform
Jan 14, 2014 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Chlorine, Total Coliform

Where the water comes from

Town of Cove City buys its water from Craven County Water System. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. It also has an emergency connection to City of New Bern.

Buys water from

Emergency or part-time connections to

Annual water quality report

Town of Cove 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 500 or fewer people may meet the rule by telling customers the report is available on request, so you may need to ask Town of Cove City for a copy.

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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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