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Gideon Grove TP No 1

Serves an area of Rockingham County, NC · 71 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 6 monitoring/reporting issues for Gideon Grove TP No 1 in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.

  • NC0279692
  • STOKESDALE
  • NC
  • 71 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 27357
EPA system ID NC0279692

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
6

Key facts

  • Gideon Grove TP No 1 draws water from 1 well.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, August 2025.
  • Record on file since 1980, with 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 32 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
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
Treatment technique failure
 350 Oct 17, 2024 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2025 Resolved
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
 Oct 17, 2024 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2020 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2019 Resolved
E. coli
Monitoring and reporting
 Dec 12, 2011 Active
Enforcement action in place
E. coli
Monitoring and reporting
 Mar 5, 2011 Active
Enforcement action in place

Full record since 1980

EPA's records for Gideon Grove TP No 1 go back to 1980. Before October 19, 2016 they list 3 health-based violations (2 resolved, 1 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 63 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 0 38
1990s 2 5
2000s 0 14
2010 to October 18, 2016 1 6
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 1
2020s 1 3

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Lead and Copper Rule, began December 2013, Resolved.

Show all 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Dec 3, 2013 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 1992 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 1992 Archived

Enforcement actions

North Carolina regulators and EPA took 12 formal enforcement actions against Gideon Grove TP No 1 between 2000 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
Dec 3, 2020 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule
May 6, 2019 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule
Oct 15, 2015 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Public Notice
Aug 18, 2014 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Lead and Copper Rule
Nov 14, 2013 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Public Notice
Apr 12, 2012 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: E. coli
May 9, 2011 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: E. coli
Feb 25, 2011 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Public Notice
Aug 13, 2009 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule
Jun 26, 2008 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 2 violations: Lead and Copper Rule
May 30, 2000 EPA Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule

What the violations mean

LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS

1 incident

The system did not complete a treatment step or action that the LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS requires (a treatment technique violation).

The utility had to notify customers about this violation.

Where the water comes from

Gideon Grove TP No 1 draws water from 1 well.

Annual water quality report

Gideon Grove TP No 1 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 500 or fewer people may meet the rule by telling customers the report is available on request, so you may need to ask Gideon Grove TP No 1 for a copy.

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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.

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