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Columbus County, North Carolina: drinking water records
This overview covers 14 ZIP codes and 15 community water systems in Columbus County. It also stands in for 6 ZIP codes whose utility has too little EPA data for a page of its own.
System population figures are summed from EPA registry records and can overlap where wholesalers and retail systems serve the same people. They are not a Census county-population estimate.
Water systems with the most complete records
| Water system | People served | PFAS survey results | PFAS found | Health-based violations | Lead, 9 in 10 homes at or below |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whiteville, City of NC0424010 | 5,426 | 300 | 0 | 1 | 8.4 ppb |
| Bolton, Town of NC0424050 | 668 | 120 | 0 | 1 | 0 ppb |
| Columbus Co Water Districts II, III, V NC7024007 | 10,442 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Lake Waccamaw, Town of NC0424045 | 2,572 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 ppb |
| Chadbourn, Town of NC0424020 | 2,370 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 ppb |
| Boardman, Town of NC0424075 | 165 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 ppb |
| Dutchess Forest S/D NC0424102 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 ppb |
| Tabor City, Town of NC0424015 | 3,277 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Columbus County Water Dist IV NC7024013 | 2,598 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Columbus Co Water District I NC0424060 | 1,700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Fair Bluff, Town of NC0424030 | 800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 ppb |
| Brunswick, Town of NC0424040 | 495 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 ppb |
| Town of Sandyfield NC7024024 | 439 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Cerro Gordo, Town of NC0424055 | 246 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Lakeland Village S/D NC0424463 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
ZIP reports in Columbus County
No ZIP report in this county is published yet.
These ZIP codes are covered by this overview because their utility has too little EPA data for a separate page: 28424, 28436, 28439, 28442, 28455, 28463.
Sources and scope
EPA UCMR 5 occurrence data, samples collected 2023-01-03 – 2026-06-17, final release, August 2026 (file dated Aug 28, 2026); EPA SDWIS via ECHO, 2026Q2 extract (file dated Jul 9, 2026); EPA service-area boundaries v3.0; Census 2020 ZCTAs. Page generated 2026-09-03.
Counts cover the systems that report this county to EPA. A water system may cross county lines. "Found" means at least one result at or above the laboratory reporting level; it is not a compliance finding.