Public water system record
Wayne Water Districts
Serves an area of Wayne County, NC that includes Goldsboro, Elroy, Dudley and 4 more places · 39,403 people served
Federal records show 5 health-based violations and 14 monitoring/reporting issues for Wayne Water Districts in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 5
- Resolved
- 5
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 14
Key facts
- Wayne Water Districts draws water from 62 wells.
- Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Benzo(a)pyrene, 0.0003 mg/L, federal limit 0.0002 mg/L (1.5 times the limit), 2020.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by North Carolina, April 2024.
- Record on file since 2001, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 4,312 unknown out of 17,340 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.
| Contaminant | Rule family | Start date | Status | Acute |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
Treatment technique failure
|
350 | Oct 17, 2024 | Resolved | No |
|
Benzo(a)pyrene
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.0003 mg/L, federal limit 0.0002 mg/L (1.5 times the limit)
|
320 | Jan 1, 2020 | Resolved | No |
|
Benzo(a)pyrene
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.0003 mg/L, federal limit 0.0002 mg/L (1.5 times the limit)
|
320 | Oct 1, 2019 | Resolved | No |
|
Benzo(a)pyrene
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.0003 mg/L, federal limit 0.0002 mg/L (1.5 times the limit)
|
320 | Jul 1, 2019 | Resolved | No |
|
Benzo(a)pyrene
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.0003 mg/L, federal limit 0.0002 mg/L (1.5 times the limit)
|
320 | Apr 1, 2019 | Resolved | No |
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
|
Oct 17, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Nov 14, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Radium-228
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Radium-226
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Combined Uranium
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Radium-228
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Radium-226
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Combined Uranium
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2017 | Resolved |
Full record since 2001
EPA's records for Wayne Water Districts go back to 2001. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 147 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1 | 126 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 21 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 3 | 11 |
| 2020s | 2 | 3 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began August 2004, Resolved.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 1, 2004 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
North Carolina regulators took 7 formal enforcement actions against Wayne Water Districts between 2015 and 2024, filed as 9 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in April 2024.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 2024 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Nitrate |
| Feb 6, 2024 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Nitrate |
| Oct 14, 2019 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 4 violations (4 health-based): Benzo(a)pyrene |
| Jul 3, 2018 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 10 violations: Combined Uranium, Radium-228, Combined Radium (-226 and -228), Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U, Radium-226 |
| Feb 8, 2018 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 10 violations: Radium-228, Combined Uranium, Combined Radium (-226 and -228), Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U, Radium-226 |
| Nov 5, 2015 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 21 violations: DICHLOROMETHANE, p-Dichlorobenzene, 1,1-Dichloroethylene, 1,2-Dichloroethane, 1,1,1-Trichloroethane |
| Aug 13, 2015 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 21 violations: p-Dichlorobenzene, 1,1-Dichloroethylene, 1,2-Dichloroethane, 1,1,1-Trichloroethane, 1,2-Dichloropropane |
What the violations mean
Benzo(a)pyrene
4 incidentsTest results for Benzo(a)pyrene were above the federal limit (a maximum contaminant level violation).
The utility had to notify customers about each of these violations.
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
1 incidentThe 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
Wayne Water Districts draws water from 62 wells. It also has emergency connections to Town of Mount Olive, Fork Township Sanitary District, Deep Run Water Corporation and Johnston Co-East. 4 other community water systems buy water from Wayne Water Districts. 6 other public water systems have emergency, seasonal or other part-time connections to Wayne Water Districts.
Emergency or part-time connections to
- Town of Mount Olive Mount Olive, NC
- Fork Township Sanitary District Goldsboro, NC
- Deep Run Water Corporation Deep Run, NC
- Johnston Co-East Smithfield, NC
Community systems that buy water from it
- Town of Fremont Freemont, NC
- Town of Pikeville Pikeville, NC
- Walnut Creek Village Goldsboro, NC
- Wayne Water Districts Purchase Goldsboro, NC
Annual water quality report
Wayne Water Districts 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.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells