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Fairfield Apartments

Serves an area of Henderson County, NC that includes Fletcher · 56 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 8 monitoring/reporting issues for Fairfield Apartments in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Lead and Copper Rule violation.

  • NC0145149
  • HENDERSONVILLE
  • NC
  • 56 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 28791
EPA system ID NC0145149

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
8

Key facts

  • Fairfield Apartments buys its water from City of Asheville.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, November 2024.
  • Record on file since 1985, with 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 12 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
Treatment technique failure
 350 Mar 19, 2014 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2024 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2023 Active
Enforcement action in place
Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
 Oct 11, 2019 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2019 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Aug 7, 2019 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2018 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2018 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 1993 Active

Full record since 1985

EPA's records for Fairfield Apartments go back to 1985. Before October 19, 2016 they list 2 health-based violations (2 resolved) and 104 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 0 16
1990s 1 6
2000s 0 80
2010 to October 18, 2016 1 2
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 5
2020s 0 2

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Lead and Copper Rule, began March 2014, Resolved.

Show all 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Mar 19, 2014 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 1994 Resolved

Enforcement actions

North Carolina regulators took 18 formal enforcement actions against Fairfield Apartments between 2008 and 2024. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in November 2024.

Date By Action Violations covered
Nov 14, 2024 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule
Oct 18, 2023 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule
Jan 17, 2020 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule
Oct 30, 2019 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Revised Total Coliform Rule
Oct 14, 2019 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Public Notice
Nov 20, 2018 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule
Aug 6, 2018 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule
Aug 3, 2017 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Lead and Copper Rule
Sep 2, 2016 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Revised Total Coliform Rule
Oct 15, 2010 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Public Notice
Apr 20, 2010 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule
Aug 13, 2009 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule
Apr 2, 2009 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Jul 2, 2008 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 21 violations: Xylenes, Total, p-Dichlorobenzene, Vinyl chloride, Trichloroethylene, 1,1,2-Trichloroethane
Jun 26, 2008 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 2 violations: Lead and Copper Rule
Jun 18, 2008 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 12 violations: Barium, Chromium (total), CYANIDE, Nickel, Antimony, Total
Jun 13, 2008 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
May 23, 2008 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 26 violations: Chlordane, LASSO, 2,4-D, 2,4,5-TP, Pentachlorophenol

What the violations mean

Lead and Copper Rule

1 incident

The system did not complete a treatment step or action that the Lead and Copper Rule requires (a treatment technique violation).

The utility had to notify customers about this violation.

Where the water comes from

Fairfield Apartments buys its water from City of Asheville. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

Fairfield Apartments 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 500 or fewer people may meet the rule by telling customers the report is available on request, so you may need to ask Fairfield Apartments for a copy.

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Testing your own water

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