Public water system record
Town of Bakersville
Serves Bakersville, Mitchell County, NC · 725 people served
Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 61 monitoring/reporting issues for Town of Bakersville in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 1
- Resolved
- 1
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 61
Key facts
- Town of Bakersville draws water from 3 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, December 2020.
- Record on file since 1980, with 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 175 unknown out of 293 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.
| 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 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
|
Oct 17, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Aug 14, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Styrene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Ethylbenzene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Toluene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Benzene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
CHLOROBENZENE
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Tetrachloroethylene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
1,1,2-Trichloroethane
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Trichloroethylene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
1,2-Dichloropropane
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Carbon tetrachloride
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
1,1,1-Trichloroethane
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
1,2-Dichloroethane
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
1,1-Dichloroethylene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Vinyl chloride
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
p-Dichlorobenzene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
o-Dichlorobenzene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
DICHLOROMETHANE
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Xylenes, Total
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Chlordane
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Pentachlorophenol
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Benzo(a)pyrene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
HEXACHLOROBENZENE
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
2,4,5-TP
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
2,4-D
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Heptachlor epoxide
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Heptachlor
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
LASSO
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Atrazine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Carbofuran
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Dinoseb
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Picloram
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Simazine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
OXAMYL
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Dalapon
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Toxaphene
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Methoxychlor
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
BHC-GAMMA
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Endrin
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Radium-228
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Radium-226
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Combined Uranium
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Aug 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Aug 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Aug 11, 2012 | Resolved |
Full record since 1980
EPA's records for Town of Bakersville go back to 1980. Before October 19, 2016 they list 2 health-based violations (1 resolved, 1 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 65 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 20 |
| 1990s | 2 | 28 |
| 2000s | 0 | 12 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 5 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020s | 1 | 57 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform (acute), began June 1992, Resolved.
Show all 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jun 1, 1992 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jun 1, 1992 | Archived |
Enforcement actions
North Carolina regulators took 12 formal enforcement actions against Town of Bakersville between 2008 and 2020, filed as 15 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in December 2020.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 3, 2020 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
| Oct 30, 2020 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 52 violations: Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U, Radium-226, Radium-228, Combined Radium (-226 and -228), Combined Uranium |
| Aug 14, 2020 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) |
| Aug 12, 2020 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 21 violations: DICHLOROMETHANE, o-Dichlorobenzene, p-Dichlorobenzene, trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene, Carbon tetrachloride |
| Aug 7, 2020 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 31 violations: 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE, ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE, Benzo(a)pyrene, Pentachlorophenol, Endrin |
| Aug 14, 2019 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Feb 15, 2013 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Public Notice |
| Dec 18, 2012 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Chlorine |
| May 15, 2012 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Chlorine |
| Apr 24, 2012 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Chlorine |
| Aug 11, 2011 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Chlorine |
| Dec 11, 2008 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 5 violations: Combined Radium (-226 and -228), Radium-228, Radium-226, Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U, Combined Uranium |
What the violations mean
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
1 incidentThe 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
Town of Bakersville draws water from 3 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
Annual water quality report
Town of Bakersville 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.
Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.
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