Public water system record
Northwest Onslow Water Assoc
Serves an area of Onslow County, NC that includes Richlands · 2,555 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 4 monitoring/reporting issues for Northwest Onslow Water Assoc 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
- 4
Key facts
- Northwest Onslow Water Assoc draws water from 3 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, February 2023.
- Record on file since 1980, with 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 904 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
|
Aug 11, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
|
Oct 11, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Asbestos
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2018 | Resolved |
Full record since 1980
EPA's records for Northwest Onslow Water Assoc go back to 1980. Before October 19, 2016 they list 3 health-based violations (3 resolved) and 11 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 3 |
| 1990s | 2 | 0 |
| 2000s | 0 | 8 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 1 | 0 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0 | 3 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began August 2012, Resolved.
Show all 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 1, 2012 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Oct 1, 1997 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 1994 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
North Carolina regulators took 5 formal enforcement actions against Northwest Onslow Water Assoc between 2012 and 2023. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in February 2023.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 2023 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Asbestos |
| Sep 26, 2022 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Revised Total Coliform Rule |
| Oct 29, 2021 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Revised Total Coliform Rule |
| Nov 20, 2018 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
| Aug 29, 2012 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
Where the water comes from
Northwest Onslow Water Assoc draws water from 3 wells. It also has an emergency connection to Onslow Wtr and Sewer Authority. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Northwest Onslow Water Assoc.
Emergency or part-time connections to
- Onslow Wtr and Sewer Authority Jacksonville, NC
Annual water quality report
Northwest Onslow Water Assoc 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