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North Carolina

Columbus County drinking water quality

63 active public water systems serve 36,532 people in Columbus County. 42 are compliant, 21 had at least one EPA violation in the past three years, 0 are designated serious violators, and 2 carry a health flag.

Active systems 63 15 community systems
People served 37K by public water systems
Systems with violations 21 33% of active systems, past 3 years
Serious violators 0 2 systems carry a health flag

Needs attention

Town of Sandyfield NC7024024 · Community water system · Serves 439 2 rules violated in the past three years. Unresolved: Lead and Copper Rule.
Farmers Union Comm Development NC0424673 · Clarkton · Non-Transient non-community system · Serves 83 3 rules violated in the past three years. Unresolved: Lead and Copper Rule and Lead and Copper Rule Revisions.

Community water systems

15 systems, largest first
SystemServesStatusRules violated, 3 yrUnresolved
Columbus CO Water Districts Ii, Iii, V
Whiteville 		10,442 1 1
Whiteville, City of
Whiteville 		5,426 2 0
Tabor City, Town of
Tabor City 		3,277 1 1
Columbus County Water Dist IV
Delco 		2,598 4 1
Lake Waccamaw, Town of
Lake Waccamaw 		2,572 2 0
Chadbourn, Town of
Chadbourn 		2,370 3 0
Columbus CO Water District I
Tabor City 		1,700 3 1
Fair Bluff, Town of
Fair Bluff 		800 0 0
Bolton, Town of
Bolton 		668 4 1
Brunswick, Town of
Brunswick 		495 0 0
Town of Sandyfield
 439 2 1
Cerro Gordo, Town of
Cerro Gordo 		246 0 0
Lakeland Village S/d
Whiteville 		180 4 1
Boardman, Town of
Boardman 		165 2 0
Dutchess Forest S/d
Brunswick 		81 0 0
Non-community systems (48: schools, campgrounds, workplaces, restaurants)

These systems serve places people visit rather than homes.

SystemServesStatusRules violated, 3 yrUnresolved
Global Cellulose Fiber-Riegelwood
Rieglewood 		750 0 0
Beaverdam Fwb Church
Chadbourn 		400 0 0
Cherry Grove Bapt Church
Cerro Gordo 		200 0 0
Holiday Motel & Restaurant
Whiteville 		200 0 0
New Hope Bapt Church
Bolton 		200 0 0
Lake Waccamaw State Park
Lake Waccamaw 		180 0 0
Cornerstone Fwb Church
Whiteville 		150 0 0
Lake Waccamaw ST Park-Visitors
Lake Waccamaw 		150 0 0
Livingston Baptist Church
Delco 		150 0 0
Minuteman Food Mart NO 21
Whiteville 		150 0 0
Abundant Life Assembly of God
Whiteville 		130 0 0
Union Baptist Church
Lake Waccamaw 		125 0 0
Mill Branch Missionary Bapt.ch
Brunswick 		120 0 0
MT Sinai Holiness Church
Bolton 		120 0 0
Cypress Creek Fwb Church
Whiteville 		110 0 0
Antioch Baptist Church
Whiteville 		100 1 0
Magnolia Miss Baptist Church
Whiteville 		100 0 0
Nakina Baptist Church
Nakina 		100 0 0
Pleasant Plains Baptist Church
Whiteville 		100 0 0
Red Hill Pentecostal Church
Delco 		100 0 0
The Gore CO
Whiteville 		100 0 0
Old Dock Church
Whiteville 		90 0 0
Farmers Union Comm Development
Clarkton 		83 3 2
Happy Home Baptist Church
Nakina 		80 0 0
Bethel Methodist Church
Clarendon 		75 1 0
Dollar General Store #23400
Whiteville 		75 1 1
Livingston Creek
Delco 		75 2 1
Rehobeth Ame Zion Church
Clarkton 		75 0 0
ST James Baptist Church
Lake Waccamaw 		75 1 0
Hickory Grove Bapt Church
Fair Bluff 		55 0 0
Corner Grill
Bolton 		50 0 0
Dollar General Store #18407
Whiteville 		50 0 0
Grapefull Sister`s Vineyard
Tabor City 		50 0 0
Lumber River Campground
Evergreen 		50 2 0
Prosper Baptist Church
Delco 		50 0 0
Seven Creeks Grill
Nakina 		40 2 0
Christian Plains Ame Zion CH
Whiteville 		35 0 0
Freewill Pentecostal Holiness
Lake Waccamaw 		35 0 0
Macedonia Fwb Church
Whiteville 		35 1 0
MT Olive Fwb Church
Whiteville 		35 0 0
MT Zion Bapt Church
Whiteville 		35 0 0
White Marsh Baptist Church
Whiteville 		35 0 0
Revelation Temple of Jesus Chr I
Hallsboro 		30 3 0
Applied Plastic Services INC
Bolton 		25 0 0
Gapway Bapt Church
Tabor City 		25 0 0
Gore Trailer Mfg CO
Whiteville 		25 0 0
Poley Bridge Miss Bapt CH
Nakina 		25 0 0
Victory Seventh-Day Advent CH
Bolton 		25 0 0
Inactive systems (446, 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. Retrieved from ECHO on Oct 11, 2026.