Tap Truth EPA drinking water records, in plain English

Public water system record

Town of Whitakers

Serves Whitakers, Edgecombe County and Nash County, NC · 869 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 12 monitoring/reporting issues for Town of Whitakers in the last ten years.

  • NC0433040
  • WITAKERS
  • NC
  • 869 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 27891
EPA system ID NC0433040

Verify this system on EPA ECHO →

Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
12

Key facts

  • Town of Whitakers buys its water from City of Rocky Mount.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by North Carolina, November 2023.
  • Record on file since 1980, with 12 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 337 service lines.

Check whether Town of Whitakers serves your address

Address suggestions by Mapbox

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
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2025 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 May 1, 2023 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jun 1, 2021 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Aug 27, 2020 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Aug 27, 2020 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Jul 26, 2020 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Jul 26, 2020 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2019 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2019 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Jul 1, 2019 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Jun 1, 2019 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2019 Resolved

Full record since 1980

EPA's records for Town of Whitakers go back to 1980. Before October 19, 2016 they list 12 health-based violations (6 resolved, 6 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 20 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 6 0
1990s 0 6
2000s 6 10
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 4
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 5
2020s 0 7

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began June 2009, Resolved.

Show all 12 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jun 1, 2009 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Dec 1, 2007 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.08425 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2004 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.068 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2004 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.0648 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2004 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.085 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2004 Resolved
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 20.01 pCi/L, federal limit 5 pCi/L (4 times the limit)
 Sep 1, 1985 Archived
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Sep 1, 1985 Archived
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Sep 11, 1980 Archived
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Sep 11, 1980 Archived
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Sep 11, 1980 Archived
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 20.01 pCi/L, federal limit 5 pCi/L (4 times the limit)
 Sep 11, 1980 Archived

Enforcement actions

North Carolina regulators took 10 formal enforcement actions against Town of Whitakers between 2010 and 2023, filed as 15 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in November 2023.

Date By Action Violations covered
Nov 10, 2023 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation: Revised Total Coliform Rule
Aug 8, 2023 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Revised Total Coliform Rule
Sep 30, 2021 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Jan 4, 2021 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 4 violations: Public Notice
Oct 11, 2019 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation: Revised Total Coliform Rule
Oct 4, 2019 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation: Revised Total Coliform Rule
Aug 27, 2019 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Chlorine, Revised Total Coliform Rule
Jul 26, 2019 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Chlorine, Revised Total Coliform Rule
Jan 21, 2016 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Jul 20, 2010 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation: Total Coliform

Where the water comes from

Town of Whitakers buys its water from City of Rocky Mount. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

Buys water from

Annual water quality report

Town of Whitakers 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