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Chinquapin Water Association

Serves an area of Duplin County, NC that includes Chinquapin · 4,686 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 3 monitoring/reporting issues for Chinquapin Water Association in the last ten years.

  • NC0431050
  • CHINQUAPIN
  • NC
  • 4,686 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 28521
EPA system ID NC0431050

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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

  • Chinquapin Water Association draws water from 4 wells.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, May 2019.
  • Record on file since 1992, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 2,130 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
Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
 Jul 11, 2025 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Feb 1, 2019 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Feb 1, 2019 Resolved

Full record since 1992

EPA's records for Chinquapin Water Association go back to 1992. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 29 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 4
2000s 0 25
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 2
2020s 0 1

Enforcement actions

North Carolina regulators took 5 formal enforcement actions against Chinquapin Water Association between 1993 and 2019. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in May 2019.

Date By Action Violations covered
May 17, 2019 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Mar 31, 2010 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 21 violations: 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene, cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene, Xylenes, Total, p-Dichlorobenzene, Vinyl chloride
Oct 13, 2009 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation: Total Coliform
Oct 20, 1993 North Carolina Administrative penalty 2 violations: Lead and Copper Rule
Oct 20, 1993 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 2 violations: Lead and Copper Rule

Where the water comes from

Chinquapin Water Association draws water from 4 wells. It also has emergency connections to Town of Beulaville and Duplin County Water System. 3 other public water systems have emergency connections to Chinquapin Water Association.

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Annual water quality report

Chinquapin Water Association 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.

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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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