Public water system record
Concord Comm Water System
Serves an area of Rutherford County, NC that includes Ellenboro · 1,867 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Concord Comm Water System 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
- 2
Key facts
- Concord Comm Water System buys its water from Town of Forest City.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, July 2025.
- Record on file since 1993, with 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 764 unknown out of 764 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 |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Sep 3, 2017 |
Active
Enforcement action in place
|
Full record since 1993
EPA's records for Concord Comm Water System go back to 1993. Before October 19, 2016 they list 4 health-based violations (4 resolved) and 13 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4 | 6 |
| 2000s | 0 | 6 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 1 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0 | 1 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began August 1994, Resolved.
Show all 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 1, 1994 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 1994 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 1994 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 1994 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
North Carolina regulators took 3 formal enforcement actions against Concord Comm Water System between 2016 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) |
| Oct 12, 2017 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Public Notice |
| Sep 2, 2016 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Revised Total Coliform Rule |
Where the water comes from
Concord Comm Water System buys its water from Town of Forest City. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. It also has emergency connections to Town of Ellenboro and Town of Bostic.
Buys water from
- Town of Forest City Forest City, NC
Emergency or part-time connections to
- Town of Ellenboro Ellenboro, NC
- Town of Bostic Bostic, NC
Annual water quality report
Concord Comm Water System 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