- EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found none.
Public EPA test results
What EPA records show for Craven County Water System
EPA NC0425055 · serves New Bern, NC · about 37,848 people (EPA SDWIS)
This report shows EPA's federal records for this water system: UCMR 5 testing, lead testing and violations. It isn't a test of the water at your tap, and it has no Water Score.
Public EPA test results
Craven County Water System (EPA NC0425055)
What EPA records show for Craven County Water System, as of October 14, 2026
Health-based violation: Lead and Copper Rule, LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS, Oct 2024–Nov 2024 (EPA SDWIS).
Lead, 90th percentile: 0 ppb at the latest result in EPA records for a monitoring period that ran on or after July 1, 2021, at or below EPA's 15 ppb action level (EPA SDWIS, monitoring period Jan 1, 2023–Dec 31, 2025). The 90th percentile is a system-wide measure from homes sampled under EPA's lead rule; it isn't a result for your home.
EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found none.
PFOA and PFOS were not detected at or above EPA's reporting level in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
Source: EPA records (SDWIS, UCMR 5). SDWIS: data as of Oct 14, 2026. EPA UCMR 5 data, samples through June 2026.
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Does Craven County Water System use chloramine?
We didn't find chloramine in Craven County Water System's EPA treatment records. That's not a complete list; your utility's annual water quality report says which disinfectant it uses.
What EPA records show for this system
Reported results in EPA records (data as of Oct 14–15, 2026)