Public water system record
Town of Drexel
Serves an area of Burke County, NC that includes Drexel · 3,302 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 3 monitoring/reporting issues for Town of Drexel 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
- 3
Key facts
- Town of Drexel buys its water from City of Morganton.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, June 2022.
- Record on file since 2000, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 1,134 unknown out of 1,291 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
|
Mar 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2018 | Resolved |
Full record since 2000
EPA's records for Town of Drexel go back to 2000. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 4 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0 | 4 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0 | 2 |
Enforcement actions
North Carolina regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Town of Drexel between 2018 and 2022. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in June 2022.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2022 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| May 14, 2018 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
Where the water comes from
Town of Drexel buys its water from City of Morganton. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.
Buys water from
- City of Morganton Morganton, NC
Annual water quality report
Town of Drexel 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
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