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Moravian Falls Water System

Serves an area of Wilkes County, NC that includes Moravian Falls · 3,455 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 6 monitoring/reporting issues for Moravian Falls Water System in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.

  • NC0197040
  • MORAVIAN FALLS
  • NC
  • 3,455 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 28654
EPA system ID NC0197040

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
6

Key facts

  • Moravian Falls Water System buys its water from Town of Wilkesboro.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, March 2019.
  • Record on file since 2002, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 1,335 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, 2022 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2021 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2019 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Dec 1, 2018 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Dec 1, 2018 Resolved

Full record since 2002

EPA's records for Moravian Falls Water System go back to 2002. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 2 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
2000s 1 2
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 3
2020s 1 3

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), began April 2007, Resolved.

Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.15 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.9 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2007 Resolved

Enforcement actions

North Carolina regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Moravian Falls Water System between 2007 and 2019. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in March 2019.

Date By Action Violations covered
Mar 19, 2019 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Oct 23, 2007 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

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

Moravian Falls Water System buys its water from Town of Wilkesboro. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

Moravian Falls 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.

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