North Carolina
Pender County drinking water quality
54 active public water systems serve 62,229 people in Pender County. 31 are compliant, 23 had at least one EPA violation in the past three years, 0 are designated serious violators, and 1 carries a health flag.
Needs attention
Community water systems
11 systems, largest first| System | Serves | Status | Rules violated, 3 yr | Unresolved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Pender County Utilities Burgaw |
32,302 | 3 | 0 | |
|
Surf City, Town of Surf City |
9,730 | 2 | 1 | |
|
Burgaw, Town of Burgaw |
4,250 | 1 | 0 | |
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Topsail Beach, Town of Topsail Beach |
3,495 | 0 | 0 | |
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Belvedere Plantation Hampstead |
3,462 | 1 | 0 | |
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Maple Hill Water District Maple Hill |
968 | 1 | 0 | |
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Castle Bay S/d Hampstead |
777 | 2 | 0 | |
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Olde Point S/d Hampstead |
516 | 0 | 0 | |
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Town of Atkinson Atkinson |
301 | 4 | 0 | |
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Hampstead Pines Hampstead |
178 | 1 | 0 | |
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Lea Acres Water CO INC Willard |
120 | 0 | 0 |
Non-community systems (43: schools, campgrounds, workplaces, restaurants)
These systems serve places people visit rather than homes.
Inactive systems (142, 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.