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Little Switzerland Comm Assoc

Serves an area of McDowell County and Mitchell County, NC · 300 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Little Switzerland Comm Assoc in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.

  • NC0156105
  • LITTLE SWITZERLAND
  • NC
  • 300 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 28749
EPA system ID NC0156105

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
2

Key facts

  • Little Switzerland Comm Assoc draws water from 2 wells.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by North Carolina, March 2020.
  • Record on file since 1985, with 0 health-based violations before October 20, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 94 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
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2019 Resolved

Full record since 1985

EPA's records for Little Switzerland Comm Assoc go back to 1985. Before October 20, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 29 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 0 16
1990s 0 1
2000s 0 12
October 20, 2016 to 2019 0 1
2020s 1 1

Enforcement actions

North Carolina regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Little Switzerland Comm Assoc between 2019 and 2020. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in March 2020.

Date By Action Violations covered
Mar 5, 2020 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule
Nov 13, 2019 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule

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

Little Switzerland Comm Assoc draws water from 2 wells.

Annual water quality report

Little Switzerland Comm Assoc 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 Little Switzerland Comm Assoc for a copy.

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Testing your own water

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