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Cfpua-Wilmington

Serves Wilmington, Wrightsboro, Murraysville and 9 more places, New Hanover County, NC · 198,740 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 4 monitoring/reporting issues for Cfpua-Wilmington in the last ten years.

  • NC0465010
  • WILMINGTON
  • NC
  • 198,740 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 28403
EPA system ID NC0465010

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
4

Key facts

  • Cfpua-Wilmington draws water from 43 wells and 2 surface water intakes (12 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, July 2019.
  • Record on file since 1993, with 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 72,785 service lines.

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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
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2020 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2019 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jun 1, 2019 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Mar 1, 2018 Resolved

Full record since 1993

EPA's records for Cfpua-Wilmington go back to 1993. Before October 19, 2016 they list 3 health-based violations (3 resolved) and 7 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 3 5
2000s 0 1
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 1
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 3
2020s 0 1

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Surface Water Treatment Rule, began January 1996, Resolved.

Show all 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 1996 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Nov 1, 1994 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Sep 1, 1994 Resolved

Enforcement actions

North Carolina regulators took 3 formal enforcement actions against Cfpua-Wilmington between 2014 and 2019. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in July 2019.

Date By Action Violations covered
Jul 16, 2019 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
May 23, 2018 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Revised Total Coliform Rule
May 22, 2014 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Dalapon

Where the water comes from

Cfpua-Wilmington draws water from 43 wells and 2 surface water intakes (12 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use). 1 other community water system and 2 smaller public systems such as schools, businesses or campgrounds buy water from Cfpua-Wilmington.

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Cfpua-Wilmington 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.

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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.

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