Public water system record
Overhills Water Company
On record as serving Spring Lake, Cumberland County, NC · Serves 723 people
Federal records show no health-based violations and 5 monitoring/reporting issues for Overhills Water Company in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 5
Key facts
- Overhills Water Company buys its water from Town of Spring Lake.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, February 2023.
- Record on file since 1987, with 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 294 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.
None since October 2016.
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Asbestos
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jun 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jun 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Jul 20, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Jul 19, 2017 | Resolved |
Full record since 1987
EPA's records for Overhills Water Company go back to 1987. Before October 19, 2016 they list 6 health-based violations (6 resolved) and 48 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 16 |
| 1990s | 0 | 10 |
| 2000s | 6 | 12 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 10 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 4 |
| 2020s | 0 | 1 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Nitrate (acute), began April 2007, Resolved.
Show all 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 12.1 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
|
Apr 1, 2007 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 11.3 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
|
Jan 1, 2007 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 11.7 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
|
Oct 1, 2006 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 12.2 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
|
Jan 1, 2006 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 10.04 mg/L, federal limit 10 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
|
Jul 1, 2005 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Nov 1, 2001 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
North Carolina regulators took 9 formal enforcement actions against Overhills Water Company and issued 1 boil water order between 2007 and 2023, filed as 12 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in February 2023.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 2023 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Asbestos |
| Sep 18, 2019 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Oct 12, 2017 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Public Notice |
| Jul 19, 2016 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Jun 27, 2013 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Apr 25, 2013 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Mar 8, 2013 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Jan 24, 2013 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Nov 2, 2010 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Chlorine |
| Feb 5, 2007 | North Carolina | Boil water order | 1 violation (1 health-based): Nitrate |
Where the water comes from
Overhills Water Company buys its water from Town of Spring Lake. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.
Buys water from
- Town of Spring Lake Spring Lake, NC
Annual water quality report
Overhills Water Company 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