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Polkton Water System

Serves Polkton, Anson County, NC · 838 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 4 monitoring/reporting issues for Polkton Water System in the last ten years.

  • NC0304030
  • POLKTON
  • NC
  • 838 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 28135
EPA system ID NC0304030

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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

  • Polkton Water System buys its water from Anson County Water System.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, July 2024.
  • Record on file since 1980, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 343 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
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2024 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2023 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2023 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2017 Resolved

Full record since 1980

EPA's records for Polkton Water System go back to 1980. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 36 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 0 5
1990s 0 11
2000s 0 11
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 9
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 1
2020s 0 3

Enforcement actions

North Carolina regulators and EPA took 10 formal enforcement actions against Polkton Water System between 2000 and 2024, filed as 13 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in July 2024.

Date By Action Violations covered
Jul 18, 2024 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Dec 14, 2023 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Nov 29, 2017 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule
Oct 28, 2015 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Jul 21, 2015 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Jun 3, 2011 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Total Coliform, Chlorine
Jan 14, 2011 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation: Total Coliform
Nov 23, 2010 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Chlorine, Total Coliform
Dec 17, 2009 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation: Total Coliform
May 25, 2000 EPA Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule

Where the water comes from

Polkton Water System buys its water from Anson County Water System. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

Polkton Water System 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.

Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search

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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