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Water quality for ZIP code 27959

ZIP 27959 covers Nags Head in Dare County, North Carolina, one of 14 ZIP codes in the county. 15 active public water systems serve the county; 7 had an EPA violation in the past three years.

Most likely your provider

Nags Head, Town of NC0428010 · Community water system · Ground water purchased · Nags Head
Serves 3,125 people Rules violated, past 3 years 0 Last sanitary survey Jan 7, 2026 Distance 4.3 mi

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

Other community water systems in Dare County

6 systems, nearest first
SystemServesStatusRules violated, 3 yrDistance
Manteo Town of
Manteo
2,638 1 3.2 mi
Kill Devil Hills, Town of
Kill Devil Hill
7,200 0 9.6 mi
Dare County Water System
Kill Devil Hill
28,732 0 14.5 mi
Dare Co-Stumpy Point Water Sys
Stumpy Point
269 0 15.2 mi
Dare Co-Rws Water System
Rodanthe
2,100 0 23.2 mi
Dare Co-Cape Hatteras Water
Buxton
5,486 0 43.0 mi
Non-community systems in Dare County (8: schools, campgrounds, workplaces, restaurants)

These systems serve places you visit rather than homes.

SystemServesStatusRules violated, 3 yrUnresolved
Hotel Manteo
Manteo
40 1 0
Wanchese Marine Industrial Park
Wanchese
280 2 1
Fort Raleigh--Cape Hatteras NS
Manteo
40 2 1
Elizabethan Gardens
Manteo
200 0 0
Dot-Nc State Shipyard
Manns Harbor
60 3 1
Whites MHP
Manns Harbor
135 1 1
Whites`s Convenience Store & Motel
Manns Harbor
100 1 1
Frisco Campground
Frisco
406 0 0
About this data

Water systems are matched to Dare County, the county this ZIP code lies in, nearest to the ZIP code's centre 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.

ZIP code areas and town boundaries come from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2020 ZCTA 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.