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Johnston County, North Carolina: drinking water records

This overview covers 11 ZIP codes and 47 community water systems in Johnston County. It also stands in for 0 ZIP codes whose utility has too little EPA data for a page of its own.

In focus11ZIP codes in this overview
Public records. Clearer context.
9
systems in EPA's PFAS survey
9
systems where PFAS was found
6
systems at or above the PFOA or PFOS limit, on the yearly-average basis EPA uses
11
systems that have reached the lead action level
10
systems with a health-based violation since 2016

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 systemPeople servedPFAS survey resultsPFAS foundHealth-based violationsLead, 9 in 10 homes at or below
Smithfield, Town of NC035101012,90045610 ppb
Selma, Town of NC03510156,19060710 ppb
Selma, Town of (County Line) NC4051009642956321 ppb
Johnston Co-West NC035107099,027480800 ppb
Clayton, Town of NC035102030,87695500 ppb
Johnston Co-East NC405101825,212600800 ppb
Flowers Plantation NC035119511,643120800 ppb
Benson, Town of NC03510254,802240800 ppb
Pine Level, Town of NC03510402,4130011.4 ppb
Four Oaks, Town of NC03510352,3020073 ppb
Kenly, Town of NC03510302,30100130 ppb
Princeton, Town of NC03510501,6530020 ppb
Smithfield South Water Dist NC40510078030010 ppb
Pine Level, Town of (Firetower) NC40510062380070 ppb
Southgate S/D NC0351185160120600 ppb
Micro, Town of (County Line) NC40510081070070 ppb
Town of Clayton - North NC40510194,7030000 ppb
Winston Pointe S/D NC40510121,3260000 ppb
Buffalo Creek S/D NC03511897210000 ppb
Southhills Southwoods Sd NC03511687160000 ppb
Riverwood S/D NC03511875530000 ppb
White Oak Plantation NC03511605210000 ppb
Creekstone S/D NC03511865050000 ppb
Micro, Town of NC03510454700004 ppb
Willowbrook Development NC03511664320000 ppb

ZIP reports in Johnston County

No ZIP report in this county is published yet.

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.

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