North Carolina
Carteret County drinking water quality
74 active public water systems serve 83,768 people in Carteret County. 46 are compliant, 28 had at least one EPA violation in the past three years, 0 are designated serious violators, and 0 carry a health flag.
Community water systems
30 systems, largest first| System | Serves | Status | Rules violated, 3 yr | Unresolved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
West Carteret Water Corp Newport |
19,512 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Morehead City, Town of Morehead City |
18,846 | 4 | 0 | |
|
Atlantic Beach, Town of Atlantic Beach |
6,380 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Newport Water System Newport |
5,453 | 1 | 0 | |
|
Bogue Banks Water Corporation Emerald Isle |
4,995 | 2 | 0 | |
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Pine Knoll Shores Morehead City |
4,800 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Beaufort, Town of Beaufort |
4,452 | 1 | 0 | |
|
North River/mill Creek Water Service Dis Beaufort |
4,417 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Harkers Island Sanitary Dist Harkers Island |
2,586 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Brandywine Bay Morehead City |
2,245 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Goose Creek Resort Cape Carteret |
1,600 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Seagate I Newport |
345 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Eastman Creek Landing S/d Beaufort |
335 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Atlantic Village MHP Newport |
175 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Dogwood Family Campground Newport |
132 | 1 | 0 | |
|
Atlantic MHP Newport |
113 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Down East MHP Beaufort |
107 | 4 | 2 | |
|
Atlantic MHP II Newport |
106 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Seagate IV Beaufort |
105 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Riverstone Newport |
99 | 2 | 0 | |
|
Ballou MHP Morehead City |
95 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Harkers Village S/d Harkers Island |
94 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Merrimon Water System Merrimon |
91 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Hunting Estates Newport |
80 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Lighthouse Way MHP & Apts Newport |
79 | 2 | 0 | |
|
Newport Ridge MHP Newport |
71 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Sea Scape Newport |
60 | 2 | 0 | |
|
Harmony Estates Newport |
49 | 3 | 0 | |
|
Mann`s MHP Newport |
40 | 2 | 0 | |
|
Integrated Care of Greater Hickory Inc. Sea Level |
35 | 0 | 0 |
Non-community systems (44: schools, campgrounds, workplaces, restaurants)
These systems serve places people visit rather than homes.
Inactive systems (199, no longer operating or reporting)
Kept for the record and excluded from the county totals above. Browse inactive systems.
About this data
Totals cover active systems. Systems serving more than one county are counted in each county. EPA counts the rules a system was in violation of, not the individual violations; one rule can carry several.
Source: the U.S. EPA's Enforcement and Compliance History Online system (ECHO), which publishes the federal Safe Drinking Water Information System. EPA's terms and values are shown as published. The North Carolina records are from EPA's data refresh of Oct 7, 2026; EPA refreshes this data quarterly, and states report to EPA with a lag of three to six months, so the newest violations may not appear yet.