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Town of Blowing Rock

Serves Blowing Rock, Watauga County, NC · 1,637 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for Town of Blowing Rock in the last ten years.

  • NC0195020
  • BLOWING ROCK
  • NC
  • 1,637 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 28605
EPA system ID NC0195020

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

Key facts

  • Town of Blowing Rock draws water from 1 surface water intake.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by North Carolina, September 2023.
  • Record on file since 1981, with 7 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 2,334 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.

None since October 2016.

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
CARBON, TOTAL
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2023 Resolved

Full record since 1981

EPA's records for Town of Blowing Rock go back to 1981. Before October 19, 2016 they list 7 health-based violations (6 resolved, 1 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 4 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 0 2
1990s 2 0
2000s 5 2
2020s 0 1

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), began July 2008, Resolved.

Show all 7 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.066 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2008 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.075 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2008 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.07 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2008 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.061 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Oct 1, 2007 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.06075 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Apr 1, 2005 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 1998 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Nov 1, 1993 Archived

Enforcement actions

North Carolina regulators took 3 formal enforcement actions against Town of Blowing Rock between 2008 and 2023. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in September 2023.

Date By Action Violations covered
Sep 7, 2023 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation: CARBON, TOTAL
May 3, 2023 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: CARBON, TOTAL
Apr 29, 2008 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations (2 health-based): Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

Where the water comes from

Town of Blowing Rock draws water from 1 surface water intake. It also has an emergency connection to Town of Boone. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Town of Blowing Rock.

Emergency or part-time connections to

Annual water quality report

Town of Blowing Rock 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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