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City of Bessemer City

Serves Bessemer City, Gaston County, NC · 5,690 people served

Federal records show 8 health-based violations and 11 monitoring/reporting issues for City of Bessemer City in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.

  • NC0136025
  • BESSEMER CITY
  • NC
  • 5,690 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 28016
EPA system ID NC0136025

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
8
Resolved
8
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
11

Key facts

  • City of Bessemer City draws water from 2 surface water intakes.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), 0.086 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit), 2017.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, January 2025.
  • Record on file since 1981, with 9 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 1,172 unknown out of 2,718 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.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
Treatment technique failure
 350 Oct 17, 2024 Resolved No
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
 210 Jan 1, 2024 Resolved No
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
 210 Oct 1, 2023 Resolved No
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
 210 Jul 1, 2023 Resolved No
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
 210 Apr 1, 2023 Resolved No
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
 210 Jan 1, 2023 Resolved No
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
 210 Oct 1, 2022 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.086 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Apr 1, 2017 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
 Oct 17, 2024 Resolved
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2024 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2024 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2024 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2023 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
 May 11, 2023 Active
Enforcement action in place
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2023 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Mar 10, 2023 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Mar 1, 2023 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Mar 1, 2023 Resolved
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2022 Resolved

Full record since 1981

EPA's records for City of Bessemer City go back to 1981. Before October 19, 2016 they list 9 health-based violations (9 resolved) and 31 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 0 4
1990s 0 13
2000s 1 12
2010 to October 18, 2016 8 2
October 19, 2016 to 2019 1 0
2020s 7 11

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), began July 2014, Resolved.

Show all 9 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.087 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2014 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.095 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2014 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.099 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2014 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.09 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2013 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.087 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2012 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.089 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2012 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.086 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2012 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.082 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 0.088 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2008 Resolved

Enforcement actions

North Carolina regulators took 14 formal enforcement actions against City of Bessemer City between 2009 and 2025. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in January 2025.

Date By Action Violations covered
Jan 30, 2025 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: CARBON, TOTAL
Dec 17, 2024 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Nov 28, 2023 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 3 violations: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), CARBON, TOTAL, Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Aug 10, 2023 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: CARBON, TOTAL
Jul 19, 2023 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Jul 10, 2023 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation: CARBON, TOTAL
Jun 29, 2023 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Revised Total Coliform Rule
May 5, 2023 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Public Notice
Feb 7, 2023 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 6 violations (6 health-based): CARBON, TOTAL
Feb 6, 2023 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: CARBON, TOTAL
Jul 17, 2017 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Mar 3, 2014 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 5 violations (5 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
May 9, 2012 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 3 violations (3 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Feb 19, 2009 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

What the violations mean

CARBON, TOTAL

6 incidents

The system did not complete a treatment step or action that federal rules require for CARBON, TOTAL (a treatment technique violation).

The utility had to notify customers about each of these violations.

LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS

1 incident

The 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.

Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

1 incident

Disinfection byproduct levels exceeded the federal limit

Long-term TTHM exposure may increase bladder cancer risk

Where the water comes from

City of Bessemer City draws water from 2 surface water intakes. It also has emergency connections to Two Rivers Utilities and Town of Kings Mountain.

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Annual water quality report

City of Bessemer City 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.

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