Water Quality: Walnut Cove, NC

1 water system • 2,210 people served

Some Concerns
270
Total Violations
2
Health-Based Violations
1
Water Systems
2,210
Population Served

Water Quality Summary

Walnut Cove is served by 1 public water system with a combined service population of 2,210 people, and has 270 EPA Safe Drinking Water Act violations on record. Critically, 2 of those are health-based violations, meaning one or more contaminants were detected above EPA-established safe levels — a serious public health concern. Walnut Cove's violation count is 122% above the national average for North Carolina. Contaminants associated with violations include cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene.

Contaminants Found

cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Water Systems Serving Walnut Cove

System Name PWSID Source Population Violations
WALNUT COVE, TOWN OF NC0285015 Surface Water 2,210 270

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Data Sources

Drinking water violation data from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS). Data includes all recorded violations for active community water systems.

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