Tap Truth EPA drinking water records, in plain English

Public water system record

Roanoke Rapids Sanitary Dist

Serves Roanoke Rapids and South Rosemary, Halifax County, NC · 15,630 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for Roanoke Rapids Sanitary Dist in the last ten years.

  • NC0442010
  • ROANOKE RAPIDS
  • NC
  • 15,630 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 27870
EPA system ID NC0442010

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
1

Key facts

  • Roanoke Rapids Sanitary Dist draws water from 2 surface water intakes.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, February 2017.
  • Record on file since 2002, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 8,943 unknown out of 9,308 service lines.

Check whether Roanoke Rapids Sanitary Dist 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
Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
 Feb 11, 2017 Resolved

Full record since 2002

EPA's records for Roanoke Rapids Sanitary Dist go back to 2002. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 10 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
2000s 0 7
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 3
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 1

Enforcement actions

North Carolina regulators took 4 formal enforcement actions against Roanoke Rapids Sanitary Dist between 2011 and 2017. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in February 2017.

Date By Action Violations covered
Feb 28, 2017 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Revised Total Coliform Rule
Jan 13, 2015 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule
Jun 17, 2013 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule
Apr 4, 2011 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule

Where the water comes from

Roanoke Rapids Sanitary Dist draws water from 2 surface water intakes. 4 other community water systems buy water from Roanoke Rapids Sanitary Dist. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Roanoke Rapids Sanitary Dist.

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Roanoke Rapids Sanitary Dist 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