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Perquimans County Water System

Serves an area of Perquimans County, NC that includes Hertford · 12,320 people served

Federal records show 2 health-based violations and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for Perquimans County Water System in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.

  • NC0472025
  • HERTFORD
  • NC
  • 12,320 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 27944
EPA system ID NC0472025

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
2
Resolved
2
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
1

Key facts

  • Perquimans County Water System draws water from 12 wells.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), 0.082 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit), 2020.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, October 2020.
  • Record on file since 1980, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 7,553 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.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
Treatment technique failure
 350 Oct 17, 2024 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.082 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Jul 1, 2020 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
 Oct 17, 2024 Resolved

Full record since 1980

EPA's records for Perquimans County Water System go back to 1980. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 12 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 0 6
1990s 0 2
2000s 0 3
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 1
2020s 2 1

Enforcement actions

North Carolina regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Perquimans County Water System in 2020. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in October 2020.

Date By Action Violations covered
Oct 15, 2020 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

What the violations mean

LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS

1 incident

The system did not complete a treatment step or action that the LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS requires (a treatment technique violation).

The utility had to notify customers about this violation.

Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

1 incident

Disinfection byproduct levels exceeded the federal limit

Long-term TTHM exposure may increase bladder cancer risk

Where the water comes from

Perquimans County Water System draws water from 12 wells. It also buys water from Pasquotank Co Ro Water System. It also has emergency connections to Chowan Co Water System, Gates County Water System and Hertford Water System. 1 other community water system buys water from Perquimans County Water System. 3 other public water systems have emergency connections to Perquimans County Water System.

Buys water from

Emergency or part-time connections to

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Perquimans County Water System 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.

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