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City of King

Serves an area of Stokes County and Forsyth County, NC that includes King, Tobaccoville and Pinnacle · 23,370 people served

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

  • NC0285010
  • KING
  • NC
  • 23,370 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 27021
EPA system ID NC0285010

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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 King draws water from 1 surface water intake.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, March 2023.
  • Record on file since 1993, with 12 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 9,303 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
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2023 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2022 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2021 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2020 Resolved

Full record since 1993

EPA's records for City of King go back to 1993. Before October 19, 2016 they list 12 health-based violations (12 resolved) and 17 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 3
2000s 10 12
2010 to October 18, 2016 2 2
2020s 0 4

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute), began January 2012, Resolved.

Show all 12 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 2012 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
 Dec 1, 2011 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.07571 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2004 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.0881 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.5 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2004 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.08286 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.4 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2003 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.10227 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.7 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2003 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.08573 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.4 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2003 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.08523 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2003 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.08523 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.4 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2003 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.08524 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2002 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.08783 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.5 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2002 Resolved
Antimony, Total
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.0083 mg/L, federal limit 0.006 mg/L (1.4 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2002 Resolved

Enforcement actions

North Carolina regulators took 5 formal enforcement actions against City of King between 2013 and 2023. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in March 2023.

Date By Action Violations covered
Mar 2, 2023 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
Aug 27, 2014 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Jun 7, 2013 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation: CARBON, TOTAL
Jan 4, 2013 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: CARBON, TOTAL

Where the water comes from

City of King draws water from 1 surface water intake. It also has an emergency connection to City of Winston-Salem.

Emergency or part-time connections to

Annual water quality report

City of King 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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