Public water system record
Icard Township Water Corp
Serves Hildebran, Icard and Connelly Springs, Burke County, NC · 7,821 people served
Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Icard Township Water Corp in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 1
- Resolved
- 1
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 2
Key facts
- Icard Township Water Corp buys its water from City of Hickory and Town of Valdese.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, October 2017.
- Record on file since 1980, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 3,068 unknown out of 3,851 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.
| 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 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
|
Oct 17, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jun 1, 2017 | Resolved |
Full record since 1980
EPA's records for Icard Township Water Corp go back to 1980. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 3 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 3 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 |
Enforcement actions
North Carolina regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Icard Township Water Corp in 2017. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in October 2017.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23, 2017 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
What the violations mean
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
1 incidentThe 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
Icard Township Water Corp buys its water from City of Hickory and Town of Valdese. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. 2 other community water systems buy water from Icard Township Water Corp.
Buys water from
- City of Hickory Hickory, NC
- Town of Valdese Valdese, NC
Community systems that buy water from it
- Burke Co. Water-South Hildebran, NC
- Town of Rhodhiss Rhodhiss, NC
Annual water quality report
Icard Township Water Corp 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