Public water system · NC0498588
ActiveRichard T Sharpe Farm
At a glance
Richard T Sharpe Farm (PWSID NC0498588) is an active transient non-community water system in Wilson County, North Carolina. It reports serving 47 people through 3 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in November 2025.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
47
Service connections
3
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
TNCWS
Transient non-community water system
System record
How does Richard T Sharpe Farm compare with other water systems in Wilson County?
By EPA's size categories, Richard T Sharpe Farm is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Wilson County has 26 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 2,608 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 67,805 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across North Carolina, the 5,087 active systems average 1,971 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Richard T Sharpe Farm is well below that figure.
What does “transient non-community water system” mean?
A transient non-community water system serves places where people do not stay long, such as gas stations and campgrounds, and regularly serves at least 25 people a day for at least 60 days a year. North Carolina has 2,745 active transient non-community water systems, 54% of the state's 5,087 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 4,566 North Carolina systems (90%) list groundwater as their primary source.
Who owns and regulates Richard T Sharpe Farm?
EPA lists Richard T Sharpe Farm as privately owned. The NC state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 16 of the 26 active systems in Wilson County (62%) are also privately owned.
Does Richard T Sharpe Farm have drinking water violations?
Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in November 2025. The violations listed here began between September 2024 and November 2025. By type: 11 monitoring and 1 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (11 of them). EPA lists 12 as archived. Archived means the violation was not marked resolved but is more than five years past the end of the noncompliance period, so it no longer counts toward current compliance status.
| Began | Violation | Contaminant or rule | Health-based | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Archived |
| 2025-10-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Archived |
| 2025-09-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Archived |
| 2025-08-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Archived |
| 2025-07-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Archived |
| 2025-06-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Archived |
| 2025-05-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Archived |
| 2025-04-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Archived |
| 2025-01-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03 | Nitratecode 1040 | No | Archived |
| 2024-11-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Archived |
| 2024-10-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Archived |
| 2024-09-01 | MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A | Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000 | No | Archived |
The 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, newest first.Labels and codes come from EPA's SDWIS reference tables. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found. "Health-based" marks violations of a legal limit or required treatment.
Richard T Sharpe Farm: frequently asked questions
Who runs Richard T Sharpe Farm?
Richard T Sharpe Farm (PWSID NC0498588) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NC state drinking water program.
How many people does Richard T Sharpe Farm serve?
Richard T Sharpe Farm reports serving 47 people through 3 service connections in Wilson County, North Carolina.
Where does Richard T Sharpe Farm get its water?
EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers.
Does Richard T Sharpe Farm have any drinking water violations?
Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in November 2025. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found.
Is Richard T Sharpe Farm's water safe to drink?
AquaCensus shows EPA compliance records, not current water test results, so it cannot say whether the water is safe at a given moment. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in November 2025. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the NC state drinking water program.
Where can I find Richard T Sharpe Farm's water quality report?
The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Richard T Sharpe Farm is a transient non-community water system, so it is not required to publish one; like every public water system, it must notify the people it serves about violations under EPA's public notification rules.
Other water systems in Wilson County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson, City of | Wilson | 50,332 | Community | Surface water |
| Wilson Co Southwest Water Dist | Wilson | 5,730 | Community | Purchased groundwater |
| Wilson Co Southeast Water Dist | Wilson | 4,388 | Community | Purchased groundwater |
| Black Creek, Town of | Wilson | 1,795 | Community | Groundwater |
| Elm City, Town of | Wilson | 1,450 | Community | Purchased surface water |
| Stantonsburg, Town of | Wilson | 1,393 | Community | Groundwater |
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About this data
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and SDWA violation records, via EPA ECHO, as published October 1, 2026 — AquaCensus refreshes it quarterly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: AquaCensus, “Richard T Sharpe Farm, PWSID NC0498588, North Carolina”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/north-carolina/richard-t-sharpe-farm-nc0498588 (data as of October 1, 2026).