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Water quality in Dover, North Carolina

Dover is in Craven County. 15 active public water systems serve the county; 7 had an EPA violation in the past three years.

Most likely your provider

Dover, Town of NC0425025 · Community water system · Ground water · Dover
Serves 425 people Rules violated, past 3 years 2 Unresolved 2 Last sanitary survey May 14, 2026 Distance under 0.1 mi

Your location is within the outer bounds of this system's EPA service area.

Other community water systems in Craven County

11 systems, nearest first
SystemServesStatusRules violated, 3 yrDistance
Cove City, Town of
Cove City
440 2 6.7 mi
Vanceboro Water System
Vanceboro
1,864 0 16.9 mi
New Bern, City of
New Bern
37,884 0 18.4 mi
Town of River Bend
River Bend
2,846 1 19.0 mi
Craven County Water System
New Bern
37,848 2 19.9 mi
First Craven Sanitary District
Bridgeton
6,325 1 23.7 mi
Fairfield Harbour
Bridgeton
5,514 0 28.6 mi
Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point
Cherry Point
17,144 0 30.6 mi
Norris MHP
Havelock
91 1 36.9 mi
Sanderson`s MHP
Havelock
34 0 37.0 mi
Havelock Water System
Havelock
14,925 0 37.5 mi
Non-community systems in Craven County (3: schools, campgrounds, workplaces, restaurants)

These systems serve places you visit rather than homes.

SystemServesStatusRules violated, 3 yrUnresolved
Global Cellulose Fibers New Bern Mill
Vanceboro
375 0 0
Global Cellulose Fibers Administative SY
Vanceboro
30 0 0
River Bend Marina
River Bend
72 2 2
About this data

Water systems are matched to Craven County, nearest to Dover first. Your exact provider depends on your address and connection; the largest community water system in a county is usually the city or town utility. Distances are measured to the centre of the service area EPA publishes for the system or, for systems without one, to the centre of the first town EPA lists the system as serving, from Census Bureau place files.

Town locations and ZIP code areas come from U.S. Census Bureau 2020 files.

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.