Public water system record
City of Hendersonville
Serves an area of Henderson County, NC that includes Hendersonville, Etowah, Flat Rock and 8 more places · 79,278 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for City of Hendersonville 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
- 1
Key facts
- City of Hendersonville draws water from 3 surface water intakes.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, March 2025.
- Record on file since 2007, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 21,706 unknown out of 32,725 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2025 | Resolved |
Full record since 2007
EPA's records for City of Hendersonville go back to 2007. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 68 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0 | 66 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020s | 0 | 1 |
Enforcement actions
North Carolina regulators took 3 formal enforcement actions against City of Hendersonville between 2008 and 2025. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in March 2025.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 2025 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) |
| Jun 27, 2013 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Nov 20, 2008 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 63 violations: Styrene, Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene |
Where the water comes from
City of Hendersonville draws water from 3 surface water intakes. It also has an emergency connection to City of Asheville. 12 other community water systems buy water from City of Hendersonville. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to City of Hendersonville.
Emergency or part-time connections to
- City of Asheville Asheville, NC
Community systems that buy water from it
- Camelot S/D Charlotte, NC
- Cinnamon Woods Charlotte, NC
- City of Saluda Saluda, NC
- High Vista Estates Charlotte, NC
- Holly Tree S/D Hendersonville, NC
- Hoopers Valley Estates Cary, NC
- Indian Springs MHP Cullowhee, NC
- Lake Summit-North Shore Playhs Saluda, NC
- Lake Summit-South Shore Lindsy Saluda, NC
- Rambling Ridge S/D Cary, NC
- The Boulders Hendersonville, NC
- White Oak Village Charlotte, NC
Annual water quality report
City of Hendersonville 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