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Town of Stokesdale

Serves Stokesdale, Guilford County, NC · 2,252 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 4 monitoring/reporting issues for Town of Stokesdale in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) violation.

  • NC0241035
  • STOKESDALE
  • NC
  • 2,252 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 27357
EPA system ID NC0241035

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
4

Key facts

  • Town of Stokesdale buys its water from City of Winston-Salem.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), 0.082 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit), 2017.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, January 2018.
  • Record on file since 2005, with 5 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 820 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
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.082 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Oct 1, 2017 Resolved No

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, 2022 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2022 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2020 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2017 Resolved

Full record since 2005

EPA's records for Town of Stokesdale go back to 2005. Before October 19, 2016 they list 5 health-based violations (5 resolved) and 14 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
2000s 5 12
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 2
October 19, 2016 to 2019 1 1
2020s 0 3

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

Show all 5 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)
 Oct 1, 2007 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.085 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2007 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.087 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2007 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.087 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2006 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Aug 1, 2006 Resolved

Enforcement actions

North Carolina regulators took 6 formal enforcement actions against Town of Stokesdale between 2007 and 2018, filed as 7 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in January 2018.

Date By Action Violations covered
Jan 23, 2018 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations (1 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Aug 2, 2013 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
May 14, 2008 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 2 violations: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Apr 9, 2008 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Consumer Confidence Rule
Mar 6, 2008 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations (2 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Jul 11, 2007 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 4 violations: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

What the violations mean

Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

1 incident

Disinfection byproduct levels exceeded the federal limit

Long-term TTHM exposure may increase bladder cancer risk

Where the water comes from

Town of Stokesdale buys its water from City of Winston-Salem. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

Town of Stokesdale 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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