Public water system record

Carolina Village Apartments

Serves Cullowhee, Jackson County, NC · 81 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 4 monitoring/reporting issues for Carolina Village Apartments in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.

  • NC0150111
  • SYLVA
  • NC
  • 81 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 28779
EPA system ID NC0150111

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
4

Key facts

  • Carolina Village Apartments draws water from 1 well.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, March 2023.
  • Record on file since 1980, with 1 health-based violation before October 20, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 2 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

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
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
Jan 1, 2023 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
Jul 1, 2021 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
Jul 1, 2019 Resolved

Full record since 1980

EPA's records for Carolina Village Apartments go back to 1980. Before October 20, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 63 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 0 16
1990s 0 2
2000s 1 40
2010 to October 19, 2016 0 5
October 20, 2016 to 2019 0 1
2020s 1 3

Most recent health-based violation before October 20, 2016: Total Coliform, began October 2001, Resolved.

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Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
Oct 1, 2001 Resolved

Enforcement actions

North Carolina regulators took 6 formal enforcement actions against Carolina Village Apartments between 2011 and 2023, filed as 8 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in March 2023.

Date By Action Violations covered
Mar 2, 2023 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule
Feb 23, 2015 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Nitrate
Nov 22, 2012 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 3 violations: Public Notice
May 4, 2011 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Nitrate
Apr 12, 2011 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 26 violations: Picloram, Dinoseb, Hexachlorocyclopentadiene, Carbofuran, LASSO
Apr 7, 2011 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 12 violations: Arsenic, Barium, Cadmium, Chromium (total), Fluoride

What the violations mean

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.

Where the water comes from

Carolina Village Apartments draws water from 1 well.

Annual water quality report

Carolina Village 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 Carolina Village Apartments for a copy.

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Testing your own water

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