Water quality in Morehead City, North Carolina
Morehead City is in Carteret County. 74 active public water systems serve the county; 28 had an EPA violation in the past three years.
Most likely your provider
Your location is within the outer bounds of this system's EPA service area.
Other community water systems in Carteret County
29 systems, nearest first| System | Serves | Status | Rules violated, 3 yr | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Knoll Shores Morehead City |
4,800 | 0 | 1.1 mi | |
| Atlantic MHP II Newport |
106 | 0 | 2.1 mi | |
| Atlantic MHP Newport |
113 | 0 | 2.1 mi | |
| Brandywine Bay Morehead City |
2,245 | 0 | 2.7 mi | |
| Ballou MHP Morehead City |
95 | 0 | 3.3 mi | |
| Atlantic Beach, Town of Atlantic Beach |
6,380 | 0 | 3.3 mi | |
| Newport Water System Newport |
5,453 | 1 | 6.1 mi | |
| Dogwood Family Campground Newport |
132 | 1 | 6.2 mi | |
| Riverstone Newport |
99 | 2 | 6.6 mi | |
| Lighthouse Way MHP & Apts Newport |
79 | 2 | 7.1 mi | |
| Sea Scape Newport |
60 | 2 | 7.3 mi | |
| Eastman Creek Landing S/d Beaufort |
335 | 0 | 7.4 mi | |
| Mann`s MHP Newport |
40 | 2 | 7.4 mi | |
| Beaufort, Town of Beaufort |
4,452 | 1 | 7.5 mi | |
| Seagate IV Beaufort |
105 | 0 | 7.8 mi | |
| North River/mill Creek Water Service Dis Beaufort |
4,417 | 0 | 8.1 mi | |
| Atlantic Village MHP Newport |
175 | 0 | 8.1 mi | |
| Hunting Estates Newport |
80 | 0 | 8.2 mi | |
| Newport Ridge MHP Newport |
71 | 0 | 8.7 mi | |
| Seagate I Newport |
345 | 0 | 9.6 mi | |
| Harmony Estates Newport |
49 | 3 | 10.9 mi | |
| Harkers Village S/d Harkers Island |
94 | 0 | 11.4 mi | |
| Goose Creek Resort Cape Carteret |
1,600 | 0 | 12.6 mi | |
| Harkers Island Sanitary Dist Harkers Island |
2,586 | 0 | 12.8 mi | |
| Down East MHP Beaufort |
107 | 4 | 13.0 mi |
Non-community systems in Carteret County (44: schools, campgrounds, workplaces, restaurants)
These systems serve places you visit rather than homes.
About this data
Water systems are matched to Carteret County, nearest to Morehead City 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 or the centre of the first town EPA lists the system as serving, from Census Bureau county subdivision 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.