Public water system record
Gates County Water System
Serves an area of Gates County, NC that includes Gatesville and Sunbury · 11,621 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 13 monitoring/reporting issues for Gates County Water System in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 13
Key facts
- Gates County Water System draws water from 3 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, March 2025.
- Record on file since 2002, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 4,279 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2024 |
Active
Enforcement action in place
|
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Jun 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Apr 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2018 | Resolved |
Full record since 2002
EPA's records for Gates County Water System go back to 2002. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 4 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 3 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020s | 0 | 10 |
Enforcement actions
North Carolina regulators took 9 formal enforcement actions against Gates County Water System between 2014 and 2025, filed as 12 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in March 2025.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 2025 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Nov 18, 2024 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Nov 22, 2023 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Revised Total Coliform Rule |
| Aug 31, 2023 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Chlorine, Revised Total Coliform Rule |
| Aug 18, 2021 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Revised Total Coliform Rule |
| May 24, 2021 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Chlorine, Revised Total Coliform Rule |
| May 6, 2019 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Nov 20, 2018 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
| May 22, 2014 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Chlorine, Total Coliform |
Where the water comes from
Gates County Water System draws water from 3 wells. It also has emergency connections to Chowan Co Water System and Perquimans County Water System. 2 other public water systems have emergency connections to Gates County Water System.
Emergency or part-time connections to
- Chowan Co Water System Edenton, NC
- Perquimans County Water System Hertford, NC
Annual water quality report
Gates County Water System 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
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