Public water system record
Town of Kenansville
Serves Kenansville, Duplin County, NC · 876 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 9 monitoring/reporting issues for Town of Kenansville in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 9
Key facts
- Town of Kenansville draws water from 2 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, October 2025.
- Record on file since 1993, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 490 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.
None since October 2016.
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
|
Sep 11, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jun 1, 2025 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
|
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Jun 1, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Apr 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Sep 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2018 | Resolved |
Full record since 1993
EPA's records for Town of Kenansville go back to 1993. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 25 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0 | 21 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 2 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020s | 0 | 6 |
Enforcement actions
North Carolina regulators took 8 formal enforcement actions against Town of Kenansville between 2012 and 2025, filed as 12 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in October 2025.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2025 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Chlorine, Revised Total Coliform Rule |
| May 26, 2022 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Chlorine, Revised Total Coliform Rule |
| Feb 25, 2021 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Dec 17, 2019 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Revised Total Coliform Rule |
| Oct 30, 2019 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Chlorine, Revised Total Coliform Rule |
| May 14, 2018 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Jul 10, 2012 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Total Coliform |
| May 15, 2012 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Chlorine, Total Coliform |
Where the water comes from
Town of Kenansville draws water from 2 wells. It also has an emergency connection to Duplin County Water System. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Town of Kenansville.
Emergency or part-time connections to
- Duplin County Water System Kenansville, NC
Annual water quality report
Town of Kenansville 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.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells