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Town of Louisburg

Serves Louisburg, Franklin County, NC · 4,554 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 4 monitoring/reporting issues for Town of Louisburg in the last ten years.

  • NC0235015
  • LOUISBURG
  • NC
  • 4,554 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 27549
EPA system ID NC0235015

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
4

Key facts

  • Town of Louisburg draws water from 1 surface water intake.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, October 2023.
  • Record on file since 1983, with 9 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 1,695 unknown out of 1,767 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
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2023 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2023 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2023 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2023 Resolved

Full record since 1983

EPA's records for Town of Louisburg go back to 1983. Before October 19, 2016 they list 9 health-based violations (8 resolved, 1 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 24 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 0 2
1990s 1 4
2000s 8 18
2020s 0 4

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), began April 2009, Resolved.

Show all 9 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.088 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2009 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.069 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2009 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.084 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2009 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.073 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2009 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.086 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2008 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.071 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2008 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.064 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2008 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.081 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Jul 1, 2008 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Mar 1, 1994 Archived

Enforcement actions

North Carolina regulators took 6 formal enforcement actions against Town of Louisburg between 2008 and 2023, filed as 7 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in October 2023.

Date By Action Violations covered
Oct 18, 2023 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Jul 19, 2023 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Apr 30, 2010 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations (2 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Feb 19, 2009 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 6 violations (6 health-based): Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Jul 15, 2008 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation: Nitrate
Jun 18, 2008 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 12 violations: Barium, Fluoride, Nickel, Antimony, Total, Beryllium, Total

Where the water comes from

Town of Louisburg draws water from 1 surface water intake. It also has an emergency connection to Franklin County Water & Sewer. 1 other community water system buys water from Town of Louisburg.

Emergency or part-time connections to

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Town of Louisburg 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

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