North Carolina
Dare County drinking water quality
15 active public water systems serve 50,811 people in Dare County. 8 are compliant, 7 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
7 systems, largest first| System | Serves | Status | Rules violated, 3 yr | Unresolved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Dare County Water System Kill Devil Hill |
28,732 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Kill Devil Hills, Town of Kill Devil Hill |
7,200 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Dare Co-Cape Hatteras Water Buxton |
5,486 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Nags Head, Town of Nags Head |
3,125 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Manteo Town of Manteo |
2,638 | 1 | 0 | |
|
Dare Co-Rws Water System Rodanthe |
2,100 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Dare Co-Stumpy Point Water Sys Stumpy Point |
269 | 0 | 0 |
Non-community systems (8: schools, campgrounds, workplaces, restaurants)
These systems serve places people visit rather than homes.
| System | Serves | Status | Rules violated, 3 yr | Unresolved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Frisco Campground Frisco |
406 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Wanchese Marine Industrial Park Wanchese |
280 | 2 | 1 | |
|
Elizabethan Gardens Manteo |
200 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Whites MHP Manns Harbor |
135 | 1 | 1 | |
|
Whites`s Convenience Store & Motel Manns Harbor |
100 | 1 | 1 | |
|
Dot-Nc State Shipyard Manns Harbor |
60 | 3 | 1 | |
|
Fort Raleigh--Cape Hatteras NS Manteo |
40 | 2 | 1 | |
|
Hotel Manteo Manteo |
40 | 1 | 0 |
Inactive systems (114, 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.