- EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 4.
- PFOS (a PFAS): found in 3 of 4 samples, average 3.7 ppt, highest 5.4 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jan 2025–Nov 2025)
Public EPA test results
What EPA records show for Wayne Water Districts Purchase
EPA NC6096001 · serves Goldsboro, NC · about 16,302 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
Wayne Water Districts Purchase (EPA NC6096001)
What EPA records show for Wayne Water Districts Purchase, as of October 14, 2026
Health-based violation: Lead and Copper Rule, LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS, Oct 2024–Oct 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 4.
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 Wayne Water Districts Purchase use chloramine?
We didn't find chloramine in Wayne Water Districts Purchase'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)