Public water system record
Town of Ossipee
Serves Elon and Ossipee, Alamance County, NC · 2,390 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 10 monitoring/reporting issues for Town of Ossipee 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
- 10
Key facts
- Town of Ossipee buys its water from City of Burlington.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, June 2025.
- Record on file since 1985, with 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 192 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.
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Mar 1, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Mar 1, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Sep 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Sep 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Sep 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Sep 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2016 | Resolved |
Full record since 1985
EPA's records for Town of Ossipee go back to 1985. Before October 19, 2016 they list 3 health-based violations (3 resolved) and 59 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 25 |
| 1990s | 0 | 7 |
| 2000s | 2 | 23 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 1 | 4 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020s | 0 | 6 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Lead and Copper Rule, began December 2010, Resolved.
Show all 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Dec 29, 2010 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Apr 2, 2007 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Dec 1, 2006 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
North Carolina regulators took 15 formal enforcement actions against Town of Ossipee between 2004 and 2025, filed as 17 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in June 2025.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 2025 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Chlorine, Revised Total Coliform Rule |
| Jul 18, 2024 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Feb 2, 2022 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Jan 23, 2018 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Nov 29, 2017 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
| Nov 22, 2016 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Apr 21, 2016 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate |
| Oct 15, 2015 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Public Notice |
| Apr 29, 2015 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate |
| Jul 9, 2014 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate |
| Mar 3, 2011 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Lead and Copper Rule |
| Jun 13, 2008 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 6 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Dec 6, 2007 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation (1 health-based): Lead and Copper Rule |
| Aug 31, 2007 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation (1 health-based): Lead and Copper Rule |
| Nov 12, 2004 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
Where the water comes from
Town of Ossipee buys its water from City of Burlington. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.
Buys water from
- City of Burlington Burlington, NC
Annual water quality report
Town of Ossipee 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