Water quality for ZIP code 28480
ZIP 28480 covers Wrightsville Beach in New Hanover County, North Carolina, one of 10 ZIP codes in the county. 64 active public water systems serve the county; 21 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 New Hanover County
15 systems, nearest first| System | Serves | Status | Rules violated, 3 yr | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Figure 8 Island Wilmington |
999 | 4 | 2.7 mi | |
| Treasure Cove S/d Ogden |
760 | 0 | 3.7 mi | |
| Cfpua-Wilmington Wilmington |
212,227 | 0 | 4.6 mi | |
| Oyster Point S/d Wilmington |
99 | 0 | 5.0 mi | |
| Glynnwood MHP Wilmington |
208 | 1 | 5.9 mi | |
| Northside MHP Castle Hayne |
180 | 4 | 7.2 mi | |
| Oakley MHP Castle Hayne |
92 | 0 | 9.0 mi | |
| Shady Haven MHP Castle Hayne |
46 | 1 | 9.1 mi | |
| South Ridge MHP Wilmington |
115 | 1 | 9.7 mi | |
| Simmons Heights Apartments Castle Hayne |
35 | 2 | 10.5 mi | |
| The Cape Master System Wilmington |
11,587 | 2 | 11.3 mi | |
| Carolina Beach Water System Carolina Beach |
6,864 | 2 | 13.9 mi | |
| Mason Landing S/d Wilmington |
61 | 0 | 15.9 mi | |
| Kure Beach Water System Kure Beach |
5,484 | 0 | 17.0 mi | |
| Castle Creek Memory Care Castle Hayne |
86 | 3 | 18.1 mi |
Non-community systems in New Hanover County (48: schools, campgrounds, workplaces, restaurants)
These systems serve places you visit rather than homes.
About this data
Water systems are matched to New Hanover 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.