Public water system record
City of Rocky Mount
Serves Rocky Mount, Nash County and Edgecombe County, NC · 55,891 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for City of Rocky Mount 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
- 1
Key facts
- City of Rocky Mount draws water from 2 surface water intakes.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, September 2019.
- Record on file since 1984, with 8 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 15,560 unknown out of 25,865 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jun 1, 2019 | Resolved |
Full record since 1984
EPA's records for City of Rocky Mount go back to 1984. Before October 19, 2016 they list 8 health-based violations (5 resolved, 3 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 48 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 3 | 0 |
| 1990s | 2 | 2 |
| 2000s | 3 | 46 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 1 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Surface Water Treatment Rule, began June 2006, Resolved.
Show all 8 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jun 1, 2006 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Sep 1, 2004 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 1, 2002 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Oct 1, 1995 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Mar 1, 1994 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Sep 16, 1986 | Archived |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 1984 | Archived |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 1984 | Archived |
Enforcement actions
North Carolina regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against City of Rocky Mount in 2019. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in September 2019.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2019 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) |
Where the water comes from
City of Rocky Mount draws water from 2 surface water intakes. 6 other community water systems buy water from City of Rocky Mount.
Community systems that buy water from it
- Central Nash Water & Sewer Nashville, NC
- Edgecombe Water & Sewer District Tarboro, NC
- Northern Nash Water District Nashville, NC
- Town of Nashville Nashville, NC
- Town of Sharpsburg Sharpsburg, NC
- Town of Whitakers Witakers, NC
Annual water quality report
City of Rocky Mount 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