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Dare County, North Carolina: drinking water records
This overview covers 14 ZIP codes and 7 community water systems in Dare County. It also stands in for 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dare County Water System NC0428030 | 28,732 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 3.9 ppb |
| Kill Devil Hills, Town of NC0428015 | 7,200 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 ppb |
| Dare Co-Cape Hatteras Water NC0428025 | 5,486 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Nags Head, Town of NC0428010 | 3,125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Manteo Town of NC0428020 | 2,638 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Dare Co-Rws Water System NC0428035 | 2,100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Dare Co-Stumpy Point Water Sys NC6028002 | 269 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
ZIP reports in Dare 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: 27959, 27968, 27972, 27982.
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.