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City of Elizabeth City

Serves Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County, NC · 19,187 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for City of Elizabeth City in the last ten years.

  • NC0470010
  • ELIZABETH CITY
  • NC
  • 19,187 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 27907
EPA system ID NC0470010

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
2

Key facts

  • City of Elizabeth City draws water from 14 wells.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, March 2020.
  • Record on file since 1984, with 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 5,460 unknown out of 8,325 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
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Nov 1, 2019 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Nov 1, 2019 Resolved

Full record since 1984

EPA's records for City of Elizabeth City go back to 1984. Before October 19, 2016 they list 2 health-based violations (2 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and no monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 2 0
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 2

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), began September 1986, Archived.

Show all 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Sep 16, 1986 Archived
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Mar 1, 1984 Archived

Enforcement actions

North Carolina regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against City of Elizabeth City in 2020. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in March 2020.

Date By Action Violations covered
Mar 12, 2020 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

Where the water comes from

City of Elizabeth City draws water from 14 wells. It also has emergency connections to Pasquotank County Water System and South Camden Wtr & SWR Distrct. 2 other public water systems have emergency connections to City of Elizabeth City.

Emergency or part-time connections to

Annual water quality report

City of Elizabeth City 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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