Public water system record
Mountain Spring Water System
Serves Linville and Grandfather Village, Avery County, NC · 165 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 4 monitoring/reporting issues for Mountain Spring Water System in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 4
Key facts
- Mountain Spring Water System draws water from 7 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, November 2024.
- Record on file since 1983, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 152 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2024 |
Active
Enforcement action in place
|
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2017 | Resolved |
Full record since 1983
EPA's records for Mountain Spring Water System go back to 1983. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 116 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 2 |
| 1990s | 1 | 28 |
| 2000s | 0 | 56 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 30 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0 | 3 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began June 1994, Resolved.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jun 1, 1994 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
North Carolina regulators took 11 formal enforcement actions against Mountain Spring Water System between 2011 and 2024, filed as 15 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in November 2024.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 2024 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
| Mar 2, 2023 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Jun 12, 2017 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Apr 14, 2015 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Public Notice |
| Feb 12, 2015 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Combined Radium (-226 and -228) |
| Dec 15, 2014 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Combined Radium (-226 and -228) |
| Mar 27, 2014 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Nov 22, 2012 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 3 violations: Public Notice |
| May 9, 2012 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 21 violations: 1,2-Dichloroethane, 1,1,2-Trichloroethane, Tetrachloroethylene, CHLOROBENZENE, Benzene |
| Apr 11, 2012 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 21 violations: 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene, 1,1,2-Trichloroethane, Tetrachloroethylene, CHLOROBENZENE, Benzene |
| May 4, 2011 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 3 violations: Nitrate |
Where the water comes from
Mountain Spring Water System draws water from 7 wells.
Annual water quality report
Mountain Spring Water System 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 500 or fewer people may meet the rule by telling customers the report is available on request, so you may need to ask Mountain Spring Water System for a copy.
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