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City of Roxboro

Serves an area of Person County, NC that includes Roxboro · 11,122 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for City of Roxboro in the last ten years.

  • NC0273010
  • ROXBORO
  • NC
  • 11,122 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 27573
EPA system ID NC0273010

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

Key facts

  • City of Roxboro draws water from 2 surface water intakes.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, April 2015.
  • Record on file since 1980, with 9 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 1,070 unknown out of 5,774 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, and no monitoring or reporting violations either.

Full record since 1980

EPA's records for City of Roxboro go back to 1980. Before October 19, 2016 they list 9 health-based violations (6 resolved, 3 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 12 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 2 6
1990s 0 2
2000s 4 0
2010 to October 18, 2016 3 4

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), began July 2010, Resolved.

Show all 9 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.087 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2010 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.095 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2010 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.092 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2010 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.098 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Oct 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)
 Jul 1, 2009 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.083 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Jan 1, 2009 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.083 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Jul 1, 2006 Archived
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Mar 1, 1984 Archived
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Mar 1, 1984 Archived

Enforcement actions

North Carolina regulators took 3 formal enforcement actions against City of Roxboro between 2010 and 2015. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in April 2015.

Date By Action Violations covered
Apr 29, 2015 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Feb 16, 2015 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Mar 3, 2010 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 7 violations (7 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

Where the water comes from

City of Roxboro draws water from 2 surface water intakes.

Annual water quality report

City of Roxboro 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.

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Testing your own water

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