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Town of Canton

Serves Canton and West Canton, Haywood County, NC · 7,850 people served

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

  • NC0144015
  • CANTON
  • NC
  • 7,850 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 28716
EPA system ID NC0144015

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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

  • Town of Canton draws water from 1 surface water intake.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, January 2019.
  • Record on file since 1983, with 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 3,266 unknown out of 3,751 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
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Dec 1, 2018 Resolved

Full record since 1983

EPA's records for Town of Canton go back to 1983. Before October 19, 2016 they list 6 health-based violations (6 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 51 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 0 18
1990s 6 33
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 1

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Surface Water Treatment Rule, began October 1994, Archived.

Show all 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Oct 1, 1994 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Nov 1, 1993 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Aug 1, 1993 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Aug 1, 1993 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jul 1, 1993 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jul 1, 1993 Archived

Enforcement actions

North Carolina regulators took 3 formal enforcement actions against Town of Canton between 1993 and 2019. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in January 2019.

Date By Action Violations covered
Jan 16, 2019 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Oct 20, 1993 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 2 violations: Lead and Copper Rule
Oct 20, 1993 North Carolina Administrative penalty 2 violations: Lead and Copper Rule

Where the water comes from

Town of Canton draws water from 1 surface water intake. 1 other community water system buys water from Town of Canton.

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Town of Canton 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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Testing your own water

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