CHOWAN CO WATER SYSTEM

EDENTON, NC · ~11,722 people served

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100

Excellent

PurityRadar safety score

PWSID

NC0421015

State

North Carolina

City

EDENTON

Population served

11,722

Primary source

Groundwater

Score history

No change since tracking began Jun 18, 2026.

Jun 18, 2026 · score 100 Jun 18, 2026 · score 100

2 score updates logged since tracking began Jun 18, 2026. Each future EPA re-score adds a point.

PFAS & contaminant readings

No PFAS detections are on record for this system from EPA’s UCMR5 monitoring (2023–25). Absence of a detection isn’t a guarantee — not every system was sampled, and this dataset doesn’t cover other contaminants.

Violations & enforcement

Violations on record

Unaddressed

Health-based

Enforcement actions

From EPA ECHO (SDWIS), most recent enforcement Nov 2024. Official EPA record →

Reporting · EPA contaminant 5200 began Oct 2024 Resolved

Treatment technique · EPA contaminant 5200 health-based began Oct 2024 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) began Feb 2020 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · Haloacetic acids (HAA5) began Feb 2020 Resolved

Other · EPA contaminant 7000 began Jul 2016 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · Total coliform began Feb 2015 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · EPA contaminant 0999 began Jan 2015 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) began Jan 2010 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · Haloacetic acids (HAA5) began Jan 2010 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) began Oct 2009 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · Haloacetic acids (HAA5) began Oct 2009 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) began Jul 2009 Resolved

Recent enforcement actions

State action · SIA Nov 2024
State action · SOX Nov 2024
State action · SOX Nov 2024
State action · SIF May 2021
State action · SOX Jul 2020
State action · SIE May 2020
State action · SFJ May 2020
State action · SFL May 2020

Area water-quality monitoring

Environmental monitoring (rivers, wells, intakes) recorded in this system’s service area in the EPA/USGS Water Quality Portal since 2018 — source/ambient water, not finished tap water. Context for the watershed, not a reading from your tap.

ContaminantMedian · max · samples

Manganese

1 station · latest Dec 2020

47 · max 72 ug/L · 15

Source: Water Quality Portal (EPA/USGS/state agencies). Values are as-reported and aren’t health thresholds.

This profile is built from EPA public records for system NC0421015 — SDWIS violations and UCMR5 PFAS sampling. The score is system-level and can’t account for your home’s plumbing (older pipes can add lead at the tap). For health decisions, check your exact address, read the utility’s Consumer Confidence Report, and confirm with your provider.