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Pender County, North Carolina: drinking water records
This overview covers 6 ZIP codes and 11 community water systems in Pender County. It also stands in for 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pender County Utilities NC7071011 | 32,302 | 300 | 4 | 16 | 0 ppb |
| Surf City, Town of NC0471015 | 9,730 | 180 | 0 | 1 | 0 ppb |
| Burgaw, Town of NC0471010 | 4,250 | 240 | 0 | 1 | 0 ppb |
| Topsail Beach, Town of NC0471020 | 3,495 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 ppb |
| Maple Hill Water District NC0471025 | 968 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 ppb |
| Hampstead Pines NC7071022 | 178 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 ppb |
| Belvedere Plantation NC0471111 | 3,462 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 ppb |
| Castle Bay S/D NC7071018 | 777 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Olde Point S/D NC0471112 | 516 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Town of Atkinson NC7071054 | 301 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 ppb |
| Lea Acres Water Co INC NC0471113 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 ppb |
ZIP reports in Pender 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: 28478.
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.