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Sapphire Lakes Development

Serves an area of Transylvania County, NC · 724 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 13 monitoring/reporting issues for Sapphire Lakes Development in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.

  • NC0188127
  • ROSMAN
  • NC
  • 724 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 28772
EPA system ID NC0188127

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
13

Key facts

  • Sapphire Lakes Development draws water from 3 wells.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, November 2024.
  • Record on file since 1994, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 353 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
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
Treatment technique failure
 350 Oct 17, 2024 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
 Oct 17, 2024 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2024 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2023 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2022 Active
Enforcement action in place
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2021 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2020 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2019 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2019 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2018 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 May 23, 2015 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Sep 1, 2010 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Jun 17, 2010 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Jun 13, 2010 Resolved

Full record since 1994

EPA's records for Sapphire Lakes Development go back to 1994. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 368 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 5
2000s 0 328
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 35
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 3
2020s 1 6

Enforcement actions

North Carolina regulators took 18 formal enforcement actions against Sapphire Lakes Development between 2004 and 2024, filed as 19 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in November 2024.

Date By Action Violations covered
Nov 14, 2024 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule
Nov 13, 2023 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule
Mar 30, 2022 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule
Oct 27, 2021 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule
Dec 3, 2020 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule
May 6, 2019 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule
Oct 28, 2015 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Jul 14, 2015 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Public Notice
May 22, 2014 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 26 violations: Dalapon, OXAMYL, Endrin, BHC-GAMMA, Methoxychlor
Feb 3, 2011 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Public Notice
Jan 7, 2011 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Public Notice
Oct 15, 2010 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Public Notice
Jul 14, 2009 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 26 violations: Toxaphene, Dalapon, OXAMYL, Simazine, Dinoseb
Jul 10, 2009 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 21 violations: o-Dichlorobenzene, Vinyl chloride, cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene, trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene, 1,2-Dichloroethane
Apr 3, 2009 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 26 violations: Simazine, Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate, Picloram, Dinoseb, Carbofuran
Nov 14, 2008 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation: Total Coliform
Dec 2, 2004 North Carolina Administrative penalty 147 violations: 1,2-Dichloropropane, Styrene, Carbon tetrachloride, 1,1,1-Trichloroethane, 1,2-Dichloroethane
Dec 2, 2004 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 147 violations: 1,2-Dichloropropane, Styrene, Carbon tetrachloride, 1,1,1-Trichloroethane, 1,2-Dichloroethane

What the violations mean

LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS

1 incident

The 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

Sapphire Lakes Development draws water from 3 wells.

Annual water quality report

Sapphire Lakes Development 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.

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