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Town of Haw River

Serves Haw River, Alamance County, NC · 2,650 people served

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

  • NC0201020
  • HAW RIVER
  • NC
  • 2,650 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 27258
EPA system ID NC0201020

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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 Haw River buys its water from City of Burlington.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, December 2014.
  • Record on file since 1999, with 12 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 428 unknown out of 1,014 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, 2020 Resolved

Full record since 1999

EPA's records for Town of Haw River go back to 1999. Before October 19, 2016 they list 12 health-based violations (12 resolved) and 22 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 1
2000s 4 4
2010 to October 18, 2016 8 17
2020s 0 1

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), began January 2012, Resolved.

Show all 12 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.085 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2012 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.083 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Oct 1, 2011 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.061 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Apr 1, 2011 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.086 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.4 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2011 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.082 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.4 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2010 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.081 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.4 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2010 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.065 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2010 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.063 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2010 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.062 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Apr 1, 2008 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.063 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2007 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.061 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Jan 1, 2007 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.06125 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Jan 1, 2005 Resolved

Enforcement actions

North Carolina regulators took 5 formal enforcement actions against Town of Haw River between 2007 and 2014, filed as 11 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in December 2014.

Date By Action Violations covered
Dec 12, 2014 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Oct 8, 2014 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 14 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
May 9, 2012 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations (2 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Jun 7, 2010 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 6 violations (6 health-based): Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Jun 1, 2007 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 3 violations (3 health-based): Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

Where the water comes from

Town of Haw River buys its water from City of Burlington. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. It also has an emergency connection to City of Graham. 1 other community water system buys water from Town of Haw River.

Buys water from

Emergency or part-time connections to

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Town of Haw River 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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