Public water system record
Town of Valdese
Serves Valdese, Burke County, NC · 13,571 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 17 monitoring/reporting issues for Town of Valdese 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
- 17
Key facts
- Town of Valdese draws water from 1 surface water intake.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, February 2025.
- Record on file since 1981, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 4,121 unknown out of 5,940 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Nov 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Aug 29, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
May 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Mar 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Feb 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Dec 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jun 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
|
Jun 11, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Mar 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Feb 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2022 | Resolved |
Full record since 1981
EPA's records for Town of Valdese go back to 1981. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 31 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0 | 29 |
| 2020s | 0 | 17 |
Enforcement actions
North Carolina regulators took 4 formal enforcement actions against Town of Valdese between 2008 and 2025, filed as 18 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in February 2025.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 2025 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 15 violations: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Jan 30, 2025 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Jul 21, 2022 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Revised Total Coliform Rule |
| May 23, 2008 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 26 violations: BHC-GAMMA, Toxaphene, Dalapon, Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate, Simazine |
Where the water comes from
Town of Valdese draws water from 1 surface water intake. 4 other community water systems buy water from Town of Valdese.
Community systems that buy water from it
- Burke Co. Water-South Hildebran, NC
- Burke County Omara Hildebran, NC
- Icard Township Water Corp Hildebran, NC
- Town of Rutherford College Rutherford College, NC
Annual water quality report
Town of Valdese 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