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Town of Biltmore Forest

Serves Asheville and Biltmore Forest, Buncombe County, NC · 1,356 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Town of Biltmore Forest in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.

  • NC0111030
  • ASHEVILLE
  • NC
  • 1,356 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 28803
EPA system ID NC0111030

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
2

Key facts

  • Town of Biltmore Forest buys its water from City of Asheville.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by North Carolina, October 2010.
  • Record on file since 2004, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 810 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
Treatment technique failure
 350 Oct 17, 2024 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
 Oct 17, 2024 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2022 Resolved

Full record since 2004

EPA's records for Town of Biltmore Forest go back to 2004. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 5 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
2000s 0 5
2020s 1 2

Enforcement actions

North Carolina regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Town of Biltmore Forest in 2010. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in October 2010.

Date By Action Violations covered
Oct 27, 2010 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule

What the violations mean

LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS

1 incident

The system did not complete a treatment step or action that the LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS requires (a treatment technique violation).

The utility had to notify customers about this violation.

Where the water comes from

Town of Biltmore Forest buys its water from City of Asheville. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

Town of Biltmore Forest 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.

Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.

Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search

Testing your own water

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