The Dare County Water Department works to provide a service to the community that promotes safe, clean, healthy, fresh water for drinking and other purposes, 24 hours a day, for a reasonable cost.
Four out of the five water plants are reverse osmosis plants: Kill Devil Hills, Stumpy Point, Rodanthe and Frisco, and the fifth is a fresh water softening plant on Roanoke Island.
The five plants provide drinking water for all of the public water supplies from Sanderling to Hatteras Village, Roanoke Island and Stumpy Point. Serving Avon, Buxton, Colington, Duck, Frisco, Hatteras, Kitty Hawk, Roanoke Island, Rodanthe, Salvo, Southern Shores, Stumpy Point, and Waves.
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