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City of Archdale

Serves Archdale, Randolph County, NC · 12,700 people served

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

  • NC0276030
  • ARCHDALE
  • NC
  • 12,700 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 27263
EPA system ID NC0276030

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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

  • City of Archdale buys its water from Piedmont Triad Regional.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, January 2025.
  • Record on file since 1999, with 15 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 4,515 unknown out of 5,108 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
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
 Nov 1, 2024 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Nov 1, 2024 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Dec 1, 2022 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2019 Resolved

Full record since 1999

EPA's records for City of Archdale go back to 1999. Before October 19, 2016 they list 15 health-based violations (15 resolved) and 18 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 2
2000s 15 16
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 1
2020s 0 3

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), began July 2009, Resolved.

Show all 15 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.077 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2009 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.066 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2009 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.066 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jan 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)
 Oct 1, 2008 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Apr 2, 2007 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Mar 1, 2007 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Dec 1, 2006 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.067 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2006 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.086 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.4 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2005 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.085 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.4 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2005 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.106 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2005 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.0779 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2005 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.083 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.4 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2005 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.08215 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Jan 1, 2005 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.08518 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2004 Resolved

Enforcement actions

North Carolina regulators took 6 formal enforcement actions against City of Archdale between 2005 and 2025. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in January 2025.

Date By Action Violations covered
Jan 29, 2025 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Revised Total Coliform Rule
Jan 11, 2025 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Chlorine
Mar 28, 2023 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Apr 3, 2009 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 4 violations (4 health-based): Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Mar 21, 2007 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform
Dec 22, 2005 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 3 violations (3 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

Where the water comes from

City of Archdale buys its water from Piedmont Triad Regional. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. It also has emergency connections to Davidson Water Inc and City of High Point. 1 other community water system buys water from City of Archdale. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to City of Archdale.

Buys water from

Emergency or part-time connections to

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

City of Archdale 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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