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City of Mount Airy

Serves Mount Airy and Toast, Surry County, NC · 10,314 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for City of Mount Airy in the last ten years.

  • NC0286010
  • MOUNT AIRY
  • NC
  • 10,314 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 27030
EPA system ID NC0286010

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
2

Key facts

  • City of Mount Airy draws water from 2 surface water intakes.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, July 2023.
  • Record on file since 1987, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 3,011 unknown out of 6,503 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
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Mar 1, 2023 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Mar 1, 2023 Resolved

Full record since 1987

EPA's records for City of Mount Airy go back to 1987. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 13 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 0 12
2000s 0 1
2020s 0 2

Enforcement actions

North Carolina regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against City of Mount Airy in 2023. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in July 2023.

Date By Action Violations covered
Jul 19, 2023 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

Where the water comes from

City of Mount Airy draws water from 2 surface water intakes. 4 other community water systems buy water from City of Mount Airy.

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

City of Mount Airy 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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