Public water system record
Hyde County Water System
Serves an area of Hyde County, NC that includes Swan Quarter, Fairfield and Engelhard · 5,256 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for Hyde County Water System in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 0
Key facts
- Hyde County Water System draws water from 6 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by North Carolina, July 2008.
- Record on file since 1980, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 2,082 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, and no monitoring or reporting violations either.
Full record since 1980
EPA's records for Hyde County Water System go back to 1980. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 66 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 5 |
| 1990s | 1 | 1 |
| 2000s | 0 | 60 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began August 1994, Resolved.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 1, 1994 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
North Carolina regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Hyde County Water System in 2008, filed as 3 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in July 2008.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 2008 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 21 violations: 1,1,1-Trichloroethane, Carbon tetrachloride, 1,2-Dichloropropane, Trichloroethylene, 1,1,2-Trichloroethane |
| May 23, 2008 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 38 violations: ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE, 2,4-D, Dinoseb, Dalapon, 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE |
Where the water comes from
Hyde County Water System draws water from 6 wells. It also has an emergency connection to Beaufort Co Northside Regional Water. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Hyde County Water System.
Emergency or part-time connections to
- Beaufort Co Northside Regional Water Washington, NC
Annual water quality report
Hyde 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.
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