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Town of Tarboro

Serves Tarboro, Edgecombe County, NC · 10,844 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 6 monitoring/reporting issues for Town of Tarboro in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.

  • NC0433010
  • TARBORO
  • NC
  • 10,844 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 27886
EPA system ID NC0433010

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
6

Key facts

  • Town of Tarboro draws water from 1 surface water intake.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, November 2024.
  • Record on file since 1999, with 11 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 2,207 unknown out of 6,583 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
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
Treatment technique failure
 350 Oct 17, 2024 Resolved No

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 REVISIONS
RPT
 Oct 17, 2024 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2024 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Sep 9, 2023 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2022 Resolved
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2017 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Public Notice
OTHER
 Jun 9, 2012 Resolved

Full record since 1999

EPA's records for Town of Tarboro go back to 1999. Before October 19, 2016 they list 11 health-based violations (11 resolved) and 10 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 1
2000s 1 3
2010 to October 18, 2016 10 6
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 1
2020s 1 4

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), began April 2012, Resolved.

Show all 11 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.095 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2012 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.073 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2012 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.095 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2012 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.067 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2012 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.089 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2011 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.064 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2011 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
 Sep 1, 2011 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
 Sep 1, 2011 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.084 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2011 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.062 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Jul 1, 2011 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.06219 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Apr 1, 2003 Resolved

Enforcement actions

North Carolina regulators took 7 formal enforcement actions against Town of Tarboro between 2008 and 2024, filed as 9 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in November 2024.

Date By Action Violations covered
Nov 14, 2024 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule
Dec 11, 2023 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Oct 25, 2017 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: CARBON, TOTAL
Apr 19, 2016 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Nov 22, 2012 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Public Notice
Dec 15, 2011 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 8 violations (8 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
May 23, 2008 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation: Dalapon

What the violations mean

LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS

1 incident

The 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 Tarboro draws water from 1 surface water intake. It also has an emergency connection to Edgecombe Water & Sewer District. 2 other community water systems buy water from Town of Tarboro.

Emergency or part-time connections to

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Town of Tarboro 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

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