Public water system record
Ocracoke Sanitary District
Serves Ocracoke, Hyde County, NC · 900 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for Ocracoke Sanitary District 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
- Ocracoke Sanitary District draws water from 3 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, June 2016.
- Record on file since 1980, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 1,322 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 Ocracoke Sanitary District go back to 1980. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 5 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 4 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 1 |
Enforcement actions
North Carolina regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Ocracoke Sanitary District in 2016. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in June 2016.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2016 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
Where the water comes from
Ocracoke Sanitary District draws water from 3 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
Annual water quality report
Ocracoke Sanitary District 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