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Town of Longview

Serves Long View, Catawba County, NC · 5,244 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Town of Longview in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.

  • NC0118025
  • LONGVIEW
  • NC
  • 5,244 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 28602
EPA system ID NC0118025

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

Key facts

  • Town of Longview buys its water from City of Hickory.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, April 2011.
  • Record on file since 1981, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 2,128 unknown out of 2,796 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, 2020 Active
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2019 Resolved

Full record since 1981

EPA's records for Town of Longview go back to 1981. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 80 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 0 20
1990s 0 32
2000s 0 27
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 1
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 1
2020s 0 1

Enforcement actions

North Carolina regulators took 4 formal enforcement actions against Town of Longview between 1987 and 2011. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in April 2011.

Date By Action Violations covered
Apr 4, 2011 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule
Jun 26, 2008 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule
May 23, 2008 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 26 violations: Benzo(a)pyrene, ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE, Methoxychlor, Toxaphene, Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate
Sep 30, 1987 North Carolina Administrative penalty 8 violations: Barium, Cadmium, Chromium (total), Mercury, Arsenic

Where the water comes from

Town of Longview buys its water from City of Hickory. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. 1 other community water system buys water from Town of Longview.

Buys water from

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Town of Longview 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.

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