Public water system record
Town of Forest City
Serves an area of Rutherford County, NC that includes Forest City · 21,521 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 6 monitoring/reporting issues for Town of Forest City in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 6
Key facts
- Town of Forest City draws water from 1 surface water intake.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, July 2025.
- Record on file since 1983, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 6,017 unknown out of 7,662 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Feb 8, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2019 | Resolved |
Full record since 1983
EPA's records for Town of Forest City go back to 1983. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 16 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 2 |
| 2000s | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 12 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0 | 5 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: CARBON, TOTAL, began January 2009, Resolved.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 2009 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
North Carolina regulators took 9 formal enforcement actions against Town of Forest City between 2008 and 2025. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in July 2025.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2025 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Jul 19, 2023 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Apr 13, 2023 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Mar 1, 2022 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Nitrate |
| Jan 28, 2022 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Nitrate |
| Jul 29, 2019 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: CARBON, TOTAL |
| Oct 18, 2016 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 12 violations: Arsenic, Barium, Chromium (total), Fluoride, Antimony, Total |
| Oct 9, 2009 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): CARBON, TOTAL |
| Jun 26, 2008 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
Where the water comes from
Town of Forest City draws water from 1 surface water intake. 4 other community water systems buy water from Town of Forest City.
Community systems that buy water from it
- Concord Comm Water System Bostic, NC
- Holly Hills S/D Cary, NC
- Town of Bostic Bostic, NC
- Town of Ellenboro Ellenboro, NC
Annual water quality report
Town of Forest City 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 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.
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