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Town of China Grove

Serves China Grove, Rowan County, NC · 4,895 people served

Federal records show 3 health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Town of China Grove in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) violation.

  • NC0180040
  • SALISBURY
  • NC
  • 4,895 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 28144
EPA system ID NC0180040

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
3
Resolved
3
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
2

Key facts

  • Town of China Grove buys its water from Salisbury-Rowan.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), 0.087 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit), 2017.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, April 2018.
  • Record on file since 1997, with 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 2,016 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
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.083 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Oct 1, 2017 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.087 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Jul 1, 2017 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.087 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Apr 1, 2017 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
Public Notice
OTHER
 Feb 22, 2018 Active
Enforcement action in place
Public Notice
OTHER
 Aug 17, 2017 Resolved

Full record since 1997

EPA's records for Town of China Grove go back to 1997. Before October 19, 2016 they list 3 health-based violations (3 resolved) and 84 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 1
2000s 3 83
October 19, 2016 to 2019 3 2

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Carbon tetrachloride, began January 2001, Resolved.

Show all 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Carbon tetrachloride
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.0081 mg/L, federal limit 0.005 mg/L (1.6 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2001 Resolved
Carbon tetrachloride
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.01 mg/L, federal limit 0.005 mg/L (2 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2001 Resolved
Carbon tetrachloride
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.01 mg/L, federal limit 0.005 mg/L (2 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2001 Resolved

Enforcement actions

North Carolina regulators took 3 formal enforcement actions against Town of China Grove between 2008 and 2018, filed as 5 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in April 2018.

Date By Action Violations covered
Apr 30, 2018 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Public Notice
Jul 17, 2017 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 3 violations (3 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
May 23, 2008 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 78 violations: ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE, Dalapon, OXAMYL, Heptachlor epoxide, 2,4-D

What the violations mean

Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

3 incidents

Disinfection byproduct levels exceeded the federal limit

Long-term TTHM exposure may increase bladder cancer risk

Where the water comes from

Town of China Grove buys its water from Salisbury-Rowan. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. It also has an emergency connection to Town of Landis. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Town of China Grove.

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Emergency or part-time connections to

Annual water quality report

Town of China Grove 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.

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Testing your own water

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