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Town of Mount Olive

Serves Mount Olive, Wayne County, NC · 4,261 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 6 monitoring/reporting issues for Town of Mount Olive in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.

  • NC0496015
  • MOUNT OLIVE
  • NC
  • 4,261 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 28365
EPA system ID NC0496015

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
6

Key facts

  • Town of Mount Olive draws water from 4 wells.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, June 2025.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 2,836 unknown out of 2,836 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

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Apr 1, 2025 Resolved
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
 Oct 17, 2024 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2022 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2020 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2019 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2018 Resolved

Enforcement actions

North Carolina regulators took 3 formal enforcement actions against Town of Mount Olive between 2018 and 2025. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in June 2025.

Date By Action Violations covered
Jun 24, 2025 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Revised Total Coliform Rule
Dec 3, 2020 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule
Nov 20, 2018 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule

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.

Where the water comes from

Town of Mount Olive draws water from 4 wells. It also has an emergency connection to Wayne Water Districts. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Town of Mount Olive.

Emergency or part-time connections to

Annual water quality report

Town of Mount Olive 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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