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Town of Seven Devils

Serves Seven Devils, Watauga County and Avery County, NC · 400 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Town of Seven Devils in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.

  • NC0195118
  • SEVEN DEVILS
  • NC
  • 400 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 28604
EPA system ID NC0195118

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

Key facts

  • Town of Seven Devils draws water from 6 wells.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by North Carolina, January 2016.
  • Record on file since 1980, with 7 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 553 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
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2018 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 1993 Active
Enforcement action in place

Full record since 1980

EPA's records for Town of Seven Devils go back to 1980. Before October 19, 2016 they list 7 health-based violations (7 resolved) and 142 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 0 22
1990s 3 5
2000s 4 59
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 56
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 1

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Lead and Copper Rule, began July 2003, Resolved.

Show all 7 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jul 1, 2003 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jul 1, 2003 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 2000 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 2000 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 1, 1999 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 1997 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 1994 Resolved

Enforcement actions

North Carolina regulators and EPA took 12 formal enforcement actions against Town of Seven Devils between 1996 and 2016, filed as 14 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in January 2016.

Date By Action Violations covered
Jan 28, 2016 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 2 violations: 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE, ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE
Apr 29, 2015 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE, ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE
Dec 16, 2014 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 5 violations: Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U, Radium-226, Radium-228, Combined Uranium, Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Dec 9, 2014 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 26 violations: 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE, Chlordane, OXAMYL, Picloram, 2,4-D
Nov 7, 2014 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 21 violations: Trichloroethylene, 1,1,2-Trichloroethane, Tetrachloroethylene, Ethylbenzene, p-Dichlorobenzene
Sep 17, 2014 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 31 violations: Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U, Radium-226, Radium-228, Combined Uranium, Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Sep 15, 2014 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 21 violations: 1,1,2-Trichloroethane, Tetrachloroethylene, p-Dichlorobenzene, 1,1-Dichloroethylene, 1,2-Dichloroethane
Apr 12, 2011 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 52 violations: Carbofuran, LASSO, Heptachlor epoxide, 2,4-D, HEXACHLOROBENZENE
Apr 4, 2011 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule
Jun 22, 1998 EPA Penalty complaint settled by consent order or decree 6 violations (2 health-based): Lead and Copper Rule
Sep 30, 1997 EPA Complaint seeking a penalty 6 violations (2 health-based): Lead and Copper Rule
Apr 30, 1996 EPA Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Lead and Copper Rule

Where the water comes from

Town of Seven Devils draws water from 6 wells.

Annual water quality report

Town of Seven Devils 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 500 or fewer people may meet the rule by telling customers the report is available on request, so you may need to ask Town of Seven Devils for a copy.

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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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