Public water system record
Cleveland County Water
Serves an area of Cleveland County, NC that includes Lawndale, Belwood, Shelby and 9 more places · 59,395 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 4 monitoring/reporting issues for Cleveland County Water 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
- 4
Key facts
- Cleveland County Water draws water from 2 surface water intakes.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, December 2020.
- Record on file since 1986, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 25,998 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
|
Sep 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Chlordane
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2014 | Resolved |
|
Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2014 | Resolved |
|
Toxaphene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2014 | Resolved |
Full record since 1986
EPA's records for Cleveland County Water go back to 1986. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 62 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 2 |
| 1990s | 0 | 2 |
| 2000s | 1 | 46 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 12 |
| 2020s | 0 | 1 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute), began March 2003, Archived.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
|
Mar 1, 2003 | Archived |
Enforcement actions
North Carolina regulators took 10 formal enforcement actions against Cleveland County Water between 2008 and 2020. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in December 2020.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 18, 2020 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Apr 4, 2017 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 3 violations: Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB), Chlordane, Toxaphene |
| Feb 10, 2017 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 3 violations: Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB), Chlordane, Toxaphene |
| Oct 25, 2013 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Aug 2, 2013 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) |
| May 4, 2011 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Nitrate |
| Apr 20, 2010 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
| Jul 23, 2009 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 2 violations: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) |
| Feb 18, 2009 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
| Jun 18, 2008 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Fluoride |
Where the water comes from
Cleveland County Water draws water from 2 surface water intakes. It also has emergency connections to City of Shelby, Broad River Water Authority, Town of Kings Mountain, Town of Boiling Springs and City of Cherryville. 1 other community water system buys water from Cleveland County Water. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Cleveland County Water.
Emergency or part-time connections to
- City of Shelby Shelby, NC
- Broad River Water Authority Rutherfordton, NC
- Town of Kings Mountain Kings Mountain, NC
- Town of Boiling Springs Boiling Springs, NC
- City of Cherryville Cherryville, NC
Community systems that buy water from it
- Town of Lawndale Lawndale, NC
Annual water quality report
Cleveland County Water 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