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Burke County Omara

Serves Rutherford College, Burke County, NC · 350 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 3 monitoring/reporting issues for Burke County Omara in the last ten years.

  • NC0112065
  • HILDEBRAN
  • NC
  • 350 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 28637
EPA system ID NC0112065

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
3

Key facts

  • Burke County Omara buys its water from Town of Valdese.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, November 2019.
  • Record on file since 1993, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 22 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.

None since October 2016.

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2019 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2018 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2018 Resolved

Full record since 1993

EPA's records for Burke County Omara go back to 1993. 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
1990s 0 2
2000s 0 2
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 3

Enforcement actions

North Carolina regulators took 3 formal enforcement actions against Burke County Omara between 2018 and 2019. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in November 2019.

Date By Action Violations covered
Nov 13, 2019 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule
Nov 20, 2018 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule
May 14, 2018 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule

Where the water comes from

Burke County Omara buys its water from Town of Valdese. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

Buys water from

Annual water quality report

Burke County Omara 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 Burke County Omara for a copy.

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Testing your own water

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