Public water system record
Clear Meadows S/D
Serves an area of Mecklenburg County, NC that includes Mint Hill · 160 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 5 monitoring/reporting issues for Clear Meadows S/D in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 5
Key facts
- Clear Meadows S/D draws water from 2 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, August 2025.
- Record on file since 1980, with 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 32 unknown out of 62 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2025 |
Active
Enforcement action in place
|
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2024 | Resolved |
Full record since 1980
EPA's records for Clear Meadows S/D go back to 1980. Before October 19, 2016 they list 3 health-based violations (2 resolved, 1 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 280 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 22 |
| 1990s | 2 | 66 |
| 2000s | 1 | 161 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 31 |
| 2020s | 0 | 5 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began July 2006, Resolved.
Show all 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 2006 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 1992 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 1992 | Archived |
Enforcement actions
North Carolina regulators and EPA took 14 formal enforcement actions against Clear Meadows S/D between 1995 and 2025, filed as 15 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in August 2025.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 2025 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Apr 4, 2025 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Nitrate |
| Nov 14, 2024 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
| Jan 28, 2016 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 8 violations: Chlordane, Endrin, BHC-GAMMA, Methoxychlor, Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) |
| Jan 14, 2016 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 21 violations: Benzene, Toluene, DICHLOROMETHANE, o-Dichlorobenzene, p-Dichlorobenzene |
| Dec 15, 2015 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 8 violations: Chlordane, Endrin, BHC-GAMMA, Methoxychlor, Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) |
| Nov 10, 2015 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 21 violations: Benzene, Toluene, o-Dichlorobenzene, p-Dichlorobenzene, Vinyl chloride |
| Oct 28, 2015 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Aug 13, 2009 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| May 25, 2000 | EPA | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
| Jun 30, 1999 | EPA | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Jun 6, 1995 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U |
| Jun 6, 1995 | North Carolina | Administrative penalty | 1 violation: Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U |
| May 25, 1995 | EPA | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Lead and Copper Rule |
Where the water comes from
Clear Meadows S/D draws water from 2 wells.
Annual water quality report
Clear Meadows S/D 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 Clear Meadows S/D for a copy.
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