Pasquotank County Water Quality

Name: Pasquotank County Water Quality Data (2026)
Creator: PurityMap
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Pasquotank County, North Carolina: one city report built from EPA and utility records. A county has many suppliers; each city shows the system that serves it.

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Across the county's systems

Highest result for each contaminant

One row per contaminant: the highest result any system in the county reported, against its limit. Open a row for the systems behind it.

LithiumELIZABETH CITY, CITY OF10 µg/L EPA health reference level (screening, not a legal limit) · US EPA20.9 µg/L

ELIZABETH CITY, CITY OF20.9 µg/LSample date: 2023-01-18 to 2023-07-10

5 substances tested, none detected in this systemShow

Tested in this system: ELIZABETH CITY, CITY OF

Lead (90th percentile)
N-ethyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoacetic acid (NEtFOSAA)
N-methyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoacetic acid (NMeFOSAA)
Perfluorotetradecanoic acid (PFTA)
Perfluorotridecanoic acid (PFTrDA)

1 city

Cities ranked by the records

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Elizabeth CityELIZABETH CITY, CITY OF
No PFAS detected
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Showing 1 of 1 cities · scores are system-level, not tap tests

Ranked by the Purity Score of each city's main water system, highest first. Scores belong to water systems; there is no county score. The score is computed only from contaminants measured in the published EPA record, so this ranks the record, not which city's water is safest. How the score works.

PFAS in Pasquotank CountyPFAS detected in 0 of 1 city; none had a sample above a 2024 EPA limit

4.0 ng/L federal MCL · PFOS, ng/LPFAS in North Carolina

Lead

0of 1 city above the 15 µg/L action level

Based on each system's 90th-percentile result. Lead from household plumbing isn't in this record.

Lead in North Carolina

Who supplies the county

Largest water systems

Elizabeth CityELIZABETH CITY, CITY OF · NC0470010
19,187 served

Questions

Frequently asked

How does Pasquotank County tap water compare across cities?

PurityMap ranks 1 city in Pasquotank County by the Purity Score of each city's main water system, computed only from contaminants measured in the published EPA record. Scores belong to water systems, not to cities. The highest published score is Elizabeth City's main water system: ELIZABETH CITY, CITY OF · PWSID NC0470010 · Purity Score 100 (Excellent) · Confidence: low · Assessed at the water-system level. The ranking compares the records, not which city's water is safest, and your own tap can differ with household plumbing.

How many Pasquotank County cities had a PFAS sample above a 2024 EPA limit?

None of the 1 Pasquotank County city report had a PFAS sample above a 2024 EPA limit in EPA's UCMR 5 testing. PFAS were detected below the limit in 0.

Is there lead in Pasquotank County tap water?

Utilities report lead as a 90th-percentile result from home taps. 0 of 1 Pasquotank County cities reported a value above zero, and none was above the 15 µg/L federal action level. Lead usually comes from a building's own pipes and fixtures, so only a test at your tap tells you what you drink.

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