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Town of Princeville

Serves Tarboro and Princeville, Edgecombe County, NC · 1,550 people served

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

  • NC0433045
  • TARBORO
  • NC
  • 1,550 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 27886
EPA system ID NC0433045

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

Key facts

  • Town of Princeville buys its water from Town of Tarboro.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, April 2015.
  • Record on file since 1992, with 9 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 797 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, and no monitoring or reporting violations either.

Full record since 1992

EPA's records for Town of Princeville go back to 1992. Before October 19, 2016 they list 9 health-based violations (8 resolved, 1 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 20 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 3 7
2000s 6 10
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 3

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), began July 2008, Resolved.

Show all 9 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.081 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Jul 1, 2008 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.09025 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2005 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.092 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2005 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.1005 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2005 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.10675 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2004 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.09575 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2004 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jul 1, 1994 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Aug 1, 1992 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Aug 1, 1992 Archived

Enforcement actions

North Carolina regulators took 3 formal enforcement actions against Town of Princeville between 2008 and 2015. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in April 2015.

Date By Action Violations covered
Apr 29, 2015 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Feb 19, 2009 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
May 14, 2008 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

Where the water comes from

Town of Princeville buys its water from Town of Tarboro. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

Town of Princeville 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

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