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Town of Jonesville

Serves Jonesville, Yadkin County, NC · 2,354 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Town of Jonesville in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.

  • NC0299010
  • JONESVILLE
  • NC
  • 2,354 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 28642
EPA system ID NC0299010

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
2

Key facts

  • Town of Jonesville draws water from 1 surface water intake.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, April 2015.
  • Record on file since 1981, with 9 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 320 unknown out of 1,468 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 REVISIONS
RPT
 Oct 17, 2024 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Apr 2, 2015 Resolved

Full record since 1981

EPA's records for Town of Jonesville go back to 1981. Before October 19, 2016 they list 9 health-based violations (7 resolved, 2 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 76 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 0 2
1990s 2 38
2000s 1 30
2010 to October 18, 2016 6 6
2020s 1 1

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), began April 2015, Resolved.

Show all 9 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.088 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2015 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.089 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2015 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.092 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2014 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.081 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Jul 1, 2014 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
 Aug 1, 2010 Resolved
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
 Feb 1, 2010 Resolved
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Sep 1, 2007 Resolved
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jun 29, 1993 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Jun 29, 1993 Archived

Enforcement actions

North Carolina regulators took 5 formal enforcement actions against Town of Jonesville and issued 1 boil water order between 2007 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)
Mar 13, 2015 North Carolina Compliance order with a 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)
Dec 22, 2014 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 4 violations (4 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Feb 25, 2011 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Public Notice
Sep 7, 2007 North Carolina Boil water order 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform

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

Town of Jonesville draws water from 1 surface water intake. It also has an emergency connection to Town of Elkin. 1 other community water system buys water from Town of Jonesville. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Town of Jonesville.

Emergency or part-time connections to

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Town of Jonesville 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.

Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.

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Testing your own water

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