Public water system record
East Moore Water District
Serves an area of Moore County, NC that includes Carthage and Whispering Pines · 8,842 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for East Moore Water District 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
- 2
Key facts
- East Moore Water District buys its water from Harnett Regional Water.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, March 2023.
- Record on file since 2003, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 3,368 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2020 | Resolved |
Full record since 2003
EPA's records for East Moore Water District go back to 2003. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 6 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1 | 5 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0 | 2 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began June 2009, Resolved.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jun 1, 2009 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
North Carolina regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against East Moore Water District in 2023. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in March 2023.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 2023 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
Where the water comes from
East Moore Water District buys its water from Harnett Regional Water. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. It also has an emergency connection to Moore Co Public Util-Pinehurst. 4 other community water systems buy water from East Moore Water District. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to East Moore Water District.
Buys water from
- Harnett Regional Water Lillington, NC
Emergency or part-time connections to
- Moore Co Public Util-Pinehurst Carthage, NC
Community systems that buy water from it
- Moore Co Public Util-Hyland SD Carthage, NC
- Moore Co Public Util-Pinehurst Carthage, NC
- Moore Co Public Util-Vass Carthage, NC
- Skyline Estates MH S/D Sanford, NC
Annual water quality report
East Moore Water District 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