Public water system record
City of Greensboro
Serves Greensboro, McLeansville and Forest Oaks, Guilford County, NC · 319,588 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 3 monitoring/reporting issues for City of Greensboro 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
- 3
Key facts
- City of Greensboro draws water from 2 surface water intakes.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, August 2025.
- Record on file since 1980, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 67,123 unknown out of 109,822 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Nov 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
|
May 11, 2017 | Resolved |
Full record since 1980
EPA's records for City of Greensboro go back to 1980. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 5 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 3 |
| 2000s | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 1 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0 | 2 |
Enforcement actions
North Carolina regulators took 4 formal enforcement actions against City of Greensboro between 2014 and 2025. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in August 2025.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2025 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Jan 10, 2023 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| May 31, 2017 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Revised Total Coliform Rule |
| Sep 17, 2014 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Pentachlorophenol |
Where the water comes from
City of Greensboro draws water from 2 surface water intakes. It also buys water from City of Reidsville, Piedmont Triad Regional and City of Burlington. It also has emergency connections to City of Winston-Salem and City of High Point. 1 other community water system buys water from City of Greensboro. 3 other public water systems have emergency connections to City of Greensboro.
Buys water from
- City of Reidsville Reidsville, NC
- Piedmont Triad Regional Randleman, NC
- City of Burlington Burlington, NC
Emergency or part-time connections to
- City of Winston-Salem Pfafftown, NC
- City of High Point High Point, NC
Community systems that buy water from it
- Town of Jamestown Jamestown, NC
Annual water quality report
City of Greensboro 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.
Systems serving 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.
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