Public water system record
City of Belmont
Serves Belmont, Gaston County, NC · 17,477 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for City of Belmont 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
- 2
Key facts
- City of Belmont draws water from 1 surface water intake.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, March 2023.
- Record on file since 1981, with 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 3,224 unknown out of 8,364 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2020 | Resolved |
Full record since 1981
EPA's records for City of Belmont go back to 1981. Before October 19, 2016 they list 4 health-based violations (4 resolved) and 3 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 2 |
| 2000s | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 3 | 0 |
| 2020s | 0 | 2 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute), began January 2013, Resolved.
Show all 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 2013 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.081 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
|
Oct 1, 2011 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.082 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
|
Jul 1, 2011 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Mar 1, 2005 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
North Carolina regulators took 4 formal enforcement actions against City of Belmont between 2011 and 2023. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in March 2023.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 2023 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Jan 22, 2021 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: CARBON, TOTAL |
| Jan 30, 2013 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Dec 15, 2011 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations (2 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) |
Where the water comes from
City of Belmont draws water from 1 surface water intake. It also has an emergency connection to City of Mount Holly. 2 other community water systems buy water from City of Belmont. 2 other public water systems have emergency connections to City of Belmont.
Emergency or part-time connections to
- City of Mount Holly Mount Holly, NC
Community systems that buy water from it
- Heather Glen/Highland Cary, NC
- South Point Landing Cary, NC
Annual water quality report
City of Belmont 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