Public water system record
Alexander Co Wtr Dist
Serves an area of Alexander County, NC that includes Taylorsville and Bethlehem · 13,064 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for Alexander Co Wtr Dist in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 1
Key facts
- Alexander Co Wtr Dist buys its water from City of Hickory.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, March 2025.
- Record on file since 1994, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 3,736 unknown out of 5,679 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.
None since October 2016.
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2025 | Resolved |
Full record since 1994
EPA's records for Alexander Co Wtr Dist go back to 1994. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 3 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1 | 0 |
| 2000s | 0 | 3 |
| 2020s | 0 | 1 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Lead and Copper Rule, began July 1994, Resolved.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jul 1, 1994 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
North Carolina regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Alexander Co Wtr Dist in 2025. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in March 2025.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 2025 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
Where the water comes from
Alexander Co Wtr Dist buys its water from City of Hickory. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. 4 other community water systems buy water from Alexander Co Wtr Dist.
Buys water from
- City of Hickory Hickory, NC
Community systems that buy water from it
- Cedar Wood Estates Cary, NC
- Energy United Water Corp Hiddenite, NC
- Heritage Farms S/D Cary, NC
- Town of Taylorsville Taylorsville, NC
Annual water quality report
Alexander Co Wtr Dist must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.
Systems serving 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.
Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search
Testing your own water
To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by North Carolina.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells