Public water system record
Town of East Arcadia
Serves East Arcadia, Bladen County, NC · 633 people served
Federal records show 2 health-based violations and 16 monitoring/reporting issues for Town of East Arcadia in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 2
- Resolved
- 2
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 16
Key facts
- Town of East Arcadia draws water from 2 wells.
- Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), 0.082 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit), 2023.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, July 2025.
- Record on file since 1987, with 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 193 unknown out of 248 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation 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 |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.082 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
|
220 | Oct 1, 2023 | Resolved | No |
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Nov 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Nov 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
|
Oct 17, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 11, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Aug 27, 2016 | Resolved |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Aug 27, 2016 |
Active
Enforcement action in place
|
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2016 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2015 | Resolved |
Full record since 1987
EPA's records for Town of East Arcadia go back to 1987. Before October 19, 2016 they list 3 health-based violations (3 resolved) and 119 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 32 |
| 1990s | 2 | 33 |
| 2000s | 1 | 46 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 8 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020s | 2 | 11 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Beryllium, Total, began October 2004, Resolved.
Show all 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Beryllium, Total
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.005 mg/L, federal limit 0.004 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
|
Oct 1, 2004 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jul 1, 1996 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jul 1, 1996 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
North Carolina regulators and EPA took 18 formal enforcement actions against Town of East Arcadia between 1996 and 2025, filed as 21 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in July 2025.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2025 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) |
| Jan 29, 2025 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Revised Total Coliform Rule |
| Jan 11, 2025 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Chlorine |
| Jan 31, 2024 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Jan 17, 2024 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Jan 12, 2024 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) |
| Apr 14, 2022 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) |
| Feb 25, 2021 | 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 |
| Oct 14, 2016 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Public Notice |
| Mar 16, 2016 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
| Nov 6, 2015 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
| Oct 9, 2015 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Total Coliform |
| Aug 27, 2015 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Chlorine, Total Coliform |
| Nov 30, 2011 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
| Apr 14, 2010 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Total Coliform |
| Jun 18, 2008 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 23 violations: Arsenic, Barium, Cadmium, Fluoride, Mercury |
| Mar 12, 1996 | EPA | Compliance order (no penalty) | 7 violations (2 health-based): Lead and Copper Rule |
What the violations mean
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
1 incidentThe 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.
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
1 incidentDisinfection byproduct levels exceeded the federal limit
Long-term TTHM exposure may increase bladder cancer risk
Where the water comes from
Town of East Arcadia draws water from 2 wells. It also has an emergency connection to Bladen Co Wtr Dist-West Bladen. 1 other community water system buys water from Town of East Arcadia. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to Town of East Arcadia.
Emergency or part-time connections to
- Bladen Co Wtr Dist-West Bladen Elizabethtown, NC
Community systems that buy water from it
- Town of Sandyfield Riegelwood, NC
Annual water quality report
Town of East Arcadia 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.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells