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Columbia Water System

Serves Columbia, Tyrrell County, NC · 891 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for Columbia Water System in the last ten years.

  • NC0489010
  • COLUMBIA
  • NC
  • 891 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 27925
EPA system ID NC0489010

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

Key facts

  • Columbia Water System draws water from 3 wells.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by North Carolina, October 2011.
  • Record on file since 1987, with 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 411 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, and no monitoring or reporting violations either.

Full record since 1987

EPA's records for Columbia Water System go back to 1987. Before October 19, 2016 they list 4 health-based violations (3 resolved, 1 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 48 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 0 16
1990s 2 0
2000s 2 6
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 26

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), began April 2005, Resolved.

Show all 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.0979 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2005 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.13414 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.7 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2005 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Aug 1, 1993 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Aug 1, 1993 Resolved

Enforcement actions

North Carolina regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Columbia Water System in 2011. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in October 2011.

Date By Action Violations covered
Oct 31, 2011 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 26 violations: Endrin, BHC-GAMMA, Methoxychlor, Dalapon, Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate
Sep 19, 2011 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 25 violations: Endrin, BHC-GAMMA, Methoxychlor, Dalapon, Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate

Where the water comes from

Columbia Water System draws water from 3 wells. It also has an emergency connection to Tyrrell County Water. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Columbia Water System.

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Annual water quality report

Columbia 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.

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.

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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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