State rankings
North Carolina water-system rankings
Lowest-scoring systems in North Carolina
Ranked lowest score first. Population shown for context.
1 ROBESON COUNTY WATER SYSTEM LUMBERTON, NC · ~67,970 served 11 2 NASHVILLE, TOWN OF NASHVILLE, NC · ~5,900 served 15 3 BROOKWOOD COMM WTR SYSTEM CARY, NC · ~15,380 served 16 4 FAYETTEVILLE PUBLIC WORKS COMM FAYETTEVILLE, NC · ~215,590 served 32 5 OLD NORTH UTILITIES SERVICES/FT BRAGG FORT BRAGG, NC · ~65,000 served 34 6 CLAYTON, TOWN OF CLAYTON, NC · ~29,689 served 34 7 ASHEBORO, CITY OF ASHEBORO, NC · ~27,819 served 34 8 DUNN, CITY OF DUNN, NC · ~12,442 served 34 9 ORANGE-ALAMANCE WATER SYSTEM MEBANE, NC · ~9,223 served 34 10 EAST MOORE WATER DISTRICT CARTHAGE, NC · ~8,842 served 34 11 BENSON, TOWN OF BENSON, NC · ~4,802 served 35 12 CAROLINA TRACE WATER SYSTEM CHARLOTTE, NC · ~4,516 served 35 13 HARNETT REGIONAL WATER LILLINGTON, NC · ~116,892 served 36 14 ANGIER, TOWN OF ANGIER, NC · ~13,302 served 36 15 SPRING LAKE, TOWN OF SPRING LAKE, NC · ~11,725 served 36 16 SOUTHGATE S/D CARY, NC · ~160 served 38 17 BRUNSWICK COUNTY WATER SYSTEM BOLIVIA, NC · ~142,227 served 39 18 SELMA, TOWN OF SELMA, NC · ~6,190 served 39 19 OAK ISLAND, TOWN OF OAK ISLAND, NC · ~26,924 served 41 20 OCEAN ISLE BEACH, TOWN OF OCEAN ISLE BEACH, NC · ~7,925 served 41 21 GRIFTON, TOWN OF GRIFTON, NC · ~2,982 served 41 22 AYDEN TOWN OF AYDEN, NC · ~6,366 served 42 23 LILLINGTON WATER SYSTEM LILLINGTON, NC · ~3,847 served 43 24 EASTOVER SANITARY DISTRICT EASTOVER, NC · ~8,150 served 44 25 DEEP RUN WATER CORPORATION DEEP RUN, NC · ~14,196 served 45
Highest-scoring large systems in North Carolina
Systems serving 10,000+ people with the best scores.
1 CHARLOTTE WATER CHARLOTTE, NC · ~1,163,701 served 100 2 WINSTON-SALEM, CITY OF PFAFFTOWN, NC · ~388,060 served 100 3 CARY, TOWN OF CARY, NC · ~224,000 served 100 4 CFPUA-WILMINGTON WILMINGTON, NC · ~198,740 served 100 5 ASHEVILLE CITY OF ASHEVILLE, NC · ~157,431 served 100 6 ONSLOW WTR AND SEWER AUTHORITY JACKSONVILLE, NC · ~156,755 served 100 7 DAVIDSON WATER INC WELCOME, NC · ~153,632 served 100 8 TWO RIVERS UTILITIES GASTONIA, NC · ~93,877 served 100
Scores reflect EPA public records (violations, enforcement, PFAS), are system-level, and can’t account for your home’s plumbing. See the methodology.