Public water system record
Wilson Co Southwest Water Dist
Serves an area of Wilson County, NC that includes Wilson · 5,730 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 5 monitoring/reporting issues for Wilson Co Southwest Water Dist in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 5
Key facts
- Wilson Co Southwest Water Dist buys its water from Town of Black Creek.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, October 2025.
- Record on file since 2003, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 2,270 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.
None since October 2016.
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2025 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
|
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2025 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
|
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2020 | Resolved |
Full record since 2003
EPA's records for Wilson Co Southwest Water Dist go back to 2003. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 7 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1 | 6 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0 | 5 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began August 2009, Resolved.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 1, 2009 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
North Carolina regulators took 7 formal enforcement actions against Wilson Co Southwest Water Dist between 2008 and 2025. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in October 2025.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 2025 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Jan 31, 2024 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Feb 25, 2021 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Dec 3, 2020 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
| Sep 27, 2012 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Apr 3, 2012 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Jun 13, 2008 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
Where the water comes from
Wilson Co Southwest Water Dist buys its water from Town of Black Creek. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. It also has an emergency connection to City of Wilson. 2 other community water systems buy water from Wilson Co Southwest Water Dist. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Wilson Co Southwest Water Dist.
Buys water from
- Town of Black Creek Black Creek, NC
Emergency or part-time connections to
- City of Wilson Wilson, NC
Community systems that buy water from it
- Johnston Co-East Smithfield, NC
- Town of Sims Sims, NC
Annual water quality report
Wilson Co Southwest Water Dist 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.
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