Public water system record
Town of North Wilkesboro
Serves North Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, NC · 4,265 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for Town of North Wilkesboro 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
- 0
Key facts
- Town of North Wilkesboro draws water from 1 surface water intake.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by North Carolina, March 2016.
- Record on file since 1999, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 64 unknown out of 567 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, and no monitoring or reporting violations either.
Full record since 1999
EPA's records for Town of North Wilkesboro go back to 1999. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 37 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 | 1 |
| 2000s | 1 | 33 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 3 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute), began September 2008, Resolved.
Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
|
Sep 1, 2008 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
North Carolina regulators took 5 formal enforcement actions against Town of North Wilkesboro between 2008 and 2016. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in March 2016.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 2016 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) |
| Jan 21, 2016 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Oct 28, 2015 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) |
| Dec 1, 2008 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: CARBON, TOTAL |
| May 23, 2008 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 26 violations: Chlordane, Endrin, BHC-GAMMA, Methoxychlor, Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate |
Where the water comes from
Town of North Wilkesboro draws water from 1 surface water intake. It also has an emergency connection to Town of Wilkesboro. 4 other community water systems buy water from Town of North Wilkesboro. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Town of North Wilkesboro.
Emergency or part-time connections to
- Town of Wilkesboro Wilkesboro, NC
Community systems that buy water from it
- Blue Ridge Water Association Hays, NC
- Broadway Water Association N Wilkesboro, NC
- Mulberry-Fairplains Wtr Assoc N Wilkesboro, NC
- West Wilkes Wtr Association Inc Millers Creek, NC
Annual water quality report
Town of North Wilkesboro 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