Community Water System · PWSID NC0363025

Town of Carthage

Serves 4,255 peopleSurface WaterOwner: Local GovernmentCarthage, North Carolina
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On record since 2002: 79 violations. 43 over the limit · 5 missed or late tests · 31 notices or reports. Most recent began 2024-05-01.

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43Over the limit
0Treatment lapse
5Missed or late test
31Notice or report

More violations on record than 99% of active water systems in North Carolina. Small systems with no staff chemist often rack up missed-test violations; big utilities rarely do.

The record, year by year

2002 · Notice or report: 12004 · Notice or report: 12005 · Over the limit: 12005 · Notice or report: 22005 · Notice or report: 220052006 · Notice or report: 32006 · Notice or report: 32006 · Notice or report: 32007 · Notice or report: 12008 · Over the limit: 12008 · Notice or report: 32008 · Notice or report: 32008 · Notice or report: 32009 · Over the limit: 12010 · Over the limit: 12010 · Notice or report: 120102011 · Over the limit: 22011 · Over the limit: 22011 · Notice or report: 52011 · Notice or report: 52011 · Notice or report: 52011 · Notice or report: 52011 · Notice or report: 52012 · Over the limit: 22012 · Over the limit: 22013 · Over the limit: 62013 · Over the limit: 62013 · Over the limit: 62013 · Over the limit: 62013 · Over the limit: 62013 · Over the limit: 62013 · Notice or report: 22013 · Notice or report: 22014 · Over the limit: 82014 · Over the limit: 82014 · Over the limit: 82014 · Over the limit: 82014 · Over the limit: 82014 · Over the limit: 82014 · Over the limit: 82014 · Over the limit: 82014 · Notice or report: 22014 · Notice or report: 22015 · Over the limit: 72015 · Over the limit: 72015 · Over the limit: 72015 · Over the limit: 72015 · Over the limit: 72015 · Over the limit: 72015 · Over the limit: 720152016 · Over the limit: 82016 · Over the limit: 82016 · Over the limit: 82016 · Over the limit: 82016 · Over the limit: 82016 · Over the limit: 82016 · Over the limit: 82016 · Over the limit: 82016 · Notice or report: 42016 · Notice or report: 42016 · Notice or report: 42016 · Notice or report: 42017 · Over the limit: 62017 · Over the limit: 62017 · Over the limit: 62017 · Over the limit: 62017 · Over the limit: 62017 · Over the limit: 62017 · Notice or report: 62017 · Notice or report: 62017 · Notice or report: 62017 · Notice or report: 62017 · Notice or report: 62017 · Notice or report: 62018 · Missed or late test: 12019 · Missed or late test: 22019 · Missed or late test: 220202023 · Missed or late test: 12024 · Missed or late test: 12025
One square = one violation, by the year it began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
54% over the limit · 436% missed or late test · 539% notice or report · 31

Across North Carolina, 39% of violations are missed or late tests and 2% are water over a limit.

How far over the limit

at the limit2×5×10×100×+Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Trihalomethanes (TTHM)2017-07-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0780 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.3×)2017-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0920 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.1×)2017-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1690 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (2.1×)2017-04-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0760 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.3×)2017-01-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0770 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.3×)2017-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.2010 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (2.5×)2016-10-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.1040 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.7×)2016-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.2240 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (2.8×)2016-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.2180 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (2.7×)2016-07-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.1030 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.7×)2016-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1700 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (2.1×)2016-04-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0970 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.6×)2016-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1310 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.6×)2016-01-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.1490 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (2.5×)2015-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1050 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.3×)2015-10-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0820 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.4×)2015-07-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0920 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.5×)2015-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0840 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.1×)2015-04-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.1080 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.8×)2015-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1010 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.3×)2015-01-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.1250 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (2.1×)2014-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1070 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.3×)2014-10-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.1360 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (2.3×)2014-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1120 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.4×)2014-07-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.1610 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (2.7×)2014-04-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.1560 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (2.6×)2014-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1260 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.6×)2014-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0950 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.2×)2014-01-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.1610 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (2.7×)2013-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0940 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.2×)2013-10-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.1560 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (2.6×)2013-07-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.1560 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (2.6×)2013-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.1040 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.3×)2013-04-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.1050 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.3×)2013-01-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0870 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.4×)2012-10-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0810 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.4×)2012-07-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0640 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.1×)2011-04-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0910 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.5×)2011-01-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0850 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.4×)2010-10-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0800 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.3×)2009-10-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.0610 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.0×)2008-07-01 · Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5): measured 0.1050 MG/L vs limit 0.0600 MG/L (1.8×)2005-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0830 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.0×)
Each dot is one over-the-limit violation: the measured value divided by the limit it broke, on a log scale. Most legal limits for chemicals are running averages set for a lifetime of drinking, so “just over” and “ten times over” are very different news. Hover a dot for the numbers.

Lead & copper at the tap

Utilities sample taps in homes most likely to have lead pipes, and report the 90th-percentile result: 9 in 10 homes sampled came in at or below this number. Above the red line (the action level) the utility must act. The action level is not a safe level; EPA's health goal for lead is zero. EPA's file does not date these results, so they are shown highest first.

Lead, 90th percentile 8 results on file · action level 15 ppb

10 ppb
4.7 ppb
4 ppb
0 ppb
0 ppb
0 ppb
0 ppb
0 ppb

Every violation on record

  1. 2024-05-01Surface water filtration (IESWTR)Monitoring, Turbidity (Enhanced SWTR)Back in compliance
  2. 2023-01-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  3. 2019-07-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  4. 2019-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  5. 2018-10-01Lead and Copper RuleFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/RBack in compliance
  6. 2017-11-26Public Notice ×2PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  7. 2017-08-17Public Notice ×2PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  8. 2017-07-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0780 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  9. 2017-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0920 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  10. 2017-05-21Public Notice ×2PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  11. 2017-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1690 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  12. 2017-04-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0760 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  13. 2017-01-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0770 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  14. 2017-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.2010 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  15. 2016-11-21Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  16. 2016-11-20Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  17. 2016-10-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1040 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  18. 2016-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.2240 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  19. 2016-07-11Revised Total Coliform RuleRPTBack in compliance
  20. 2016-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.2180 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  21. 2016-07-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1030 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  22. 2016-06-11Revised Total Coliform RuleRPTBack in compliance
  23. 2016-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1700 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  24. 2016-04-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0970 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  25. 2016-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1310 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
Show the other 46 entries
  1. 2016-01-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1490 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  2. 2015-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1050 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  3. 2015-10-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0820 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  4. 2015-07-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0920 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  5. 2015-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0840 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  6. 2015-04-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1080 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  7. 2015-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1010 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  8. 2015-01-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1250 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  9. 2014-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1070 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  10. 2014-10-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1360 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  11. 2014-07-20Public Notice ×2PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  12. 2014-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1120 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  13. 2014-07-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1610 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  14. 2014-04-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1560 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  15. 2014-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1260 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  16. 2014-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0950 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  17. 2014-01-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1610 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  18. 2013-11-21Public Notice ×2PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  19. 2013-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0940 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  20. 2013-10-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1560 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  21. 2013-07-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1560 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  22. 2013-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1040 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  23. 2013-04-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1050 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  24. 2013-01-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0870 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  25. 2012-10-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0810 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  26. 2012-07-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0640 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  27. 2011-11-17Public Notice ×2PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  28. 2011-07-29Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  29. 2011-07-04Public Notice ×2PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  30. 2011-04-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0910 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  31. 2011-01-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0850 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  32. 2010-10-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0800 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  33. 2010-04-03Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  34. 2009-10-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0610 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  35. 2008-12-04Public Notice ×2PN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  36. 2008-07-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1050 MG/L · limit 0.0600 MG/LBack in compliance
  37. 2008-03-10Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  38. 2007-10-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
  39. 2006-08-11Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  40. 2006-08-05Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  41. 2006-06-03Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  42. 2005-09-19Public NoticePN Violation without NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  43. 2005-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0830 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LBack in compliance
  44. 2005-04-04Public NoticePN Violation without NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  45. 2004-08-25Public NoticePN Violation without NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  46. 2002-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance

System details

Population served4,255
Service connections1,702
Water sourceSurface Water
System typeCommunity Water System
OwnerLocal Government
StatusActive
CityCarthage
EPA ZIP on file28327

Areas served

  • Carthage, Moore County

Reading this record

Town of Carthage is a community water system that draws from surface water and serves about 4,255 people in Carthage, North Carolina. Everything above comes from the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), where states report every violation by every public water system.

Four kinds of violation. Only one is a measurement of the water: over the limit means a test came back above a legal maximum (an MCL). A treatment lapse means a required protective step was not done, such as disinfection, filtration, fixing a defect an inspector found, or filing a lead-pipe inventory. A missed or late test means a required test was skipped or never reported. That is the most common kind, and the most misread: it does not mean the water was bad, and it does not mean the water was fine. Notices and reports covers public notices and the annual Consumer Confidence Report.

Status. “Back in compliance” means the state recorded a return to compliance. “Period ended” means the violation's compliance period is over but no return to compliance was ever filed, which is common in older records. EPA's federal copy lags state records by months, so call the utility for anything current.