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City of High Shoals

Serves High Shoals, Gaston County, NC · 729 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for City of High Shoals in the last ten years.

  • NC0136075
  • HIGH SHOALS
  • NC
  • 729 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 28077
EPA system ID NC0136075

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
1

Key facts

  • City of High Shoals buys its water from Lincoln County WTP.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, January 2023.
  • Record on file since 1983, with 8 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 241 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
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Sep 1, 2022 Resolved

Full record since 1983

EPA's records for City of High Shoals go back to 1983. Before October 19, 2016 they list 8 health-based violations (8 resolved) and 50 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 0 2
1990s 0 26
2000s 3 20
2010 to October 18, 2016 5 2
2020s 0 1

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), began July 2015, Resolved.

Show all 8 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
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, 2015 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.085 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2015 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.087 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2015 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, 2014 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.086 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2014 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.067 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2006 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.067 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2005 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.0885 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2004 Resolved

Enforcement actions

North Carolina regulators and EPA took 5 formal enforcement actions against City of High Shoals between 1995 and 2023. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in January 2023.

Date By Action Violations covered
Jan 26, 2023 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Mar 13, 2015 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Dec 12, 2014 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Aug 29, 2014 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 5 violations (5 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Dec 5, 1995 EPA Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Lead and Copper Rule

Where the water comes from

City of High Shoals buys its water from Lincoln County WTP. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

City of High Shoals 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

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