Public water system record
Farm Water Works
Serves an area of Lee County, NC that includes Sanford · 167 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 13 monitoring/reporting issues for Farm Water Works 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
- 13
Key facts
- Farm Water Works draws water from 2 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by North Carolina, April 2024.
- Record on file since 1994, with 9 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 71 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Jan 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Nov 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
May 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Apr 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Feb 25, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
|
Feb 11, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Feb 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Apr 20, 2012 | Resolved |
Full record since 1994
EPA's records for Farm Water Works go back to 1994. Before October 19, 2016 they list 9 health-based violations (9 resolved) and 146 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1 | 1 |
| 2000s | 2 | 131 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 6 | 14 |
| 2020s | 0 | 12 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: 1,2-Dichloroethane, began July 2011, Resolved.
Show all 9 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
1,2-Dichloroethane
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.007 mg/L, federal limit 0.005 mg/L (1.4 times the limit)
|
Jul 1, 2011 | Resolved |
|
DICHLOROMETHANE
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.041 mg/L, federal limit 0.005 mg/L (8.2 times the limit)
|
Jul 1, 2011 | Resolved |
|
1,2-Dichloroethane
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.014 mg/L, federal limit 0.005 mg/L (2.8 times the limit)
|
Apr 1, 2011 | Resolved |
|
DICHLOROMETHANE
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.082 mg/L, federal limit 0.005 mg/L (16 times the limit)
|
Apr 1, 2011 | Resolved |
|
1,2-Dichloroethane
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.014 mg/L, federal limit 0.005 mg/L (2.8 times the limit)
|
Jan 1, 2011 | Resolved |
|
DICHLOROMETHANE
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.082 mg/L, federal limit 0.005 mg/L (16 times the limit)
|
Jan 1, 2011 | Resolved |
|
1,2-Dichloroethane
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.028 mg/L, federal limit 0.005 mg/L (5.6 times the limit)
|
Jan 1, 2008 | Resolved |
|
DICHLOROMETHANE
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 2008 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 1994 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
North Carolina regulators took 24 formal enforcement actions against Farm Water Works between 2002 and 2024, filed as 36 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in April 2024.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 2024 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Nitrate |
| Feb 6, 2024 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Nitrate |
| Sep 5, 2023 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Revised Total Coliform Rule |
| Aug 30, 2023 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Revised Total Coliform Rule |
| Mar 9, 2023 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Revised Total Coliform Rule |
| Mar 2, 2023 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Jan 18, 2023 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Chlorine, Revised Total Coliform Rule |
| Jan 13, 2023 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Revised Total Coliform Rule |
| Jul 21, 2022 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Chlorine, Revised Total Coliform Rule |
| Jun 11, 2021 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Revised Total Coliform Rule |
| Mar 31, 2021 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Chlorine, Revised Total Coliform Rule |
| Feb 24, 2021 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Revised Total Coliform Rule |
| May 22, 2014 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 6 violations: Dalapon, Picloram, 2,4,5-TP, Pentachlorophenol, 2,4-D |
| Jun 17, 2013 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
| Nov 22, 2012 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Public Notice |
| Aug 8, 2012 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Public Notice |
| May 5, 2011 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 8 violations (8 health-based): 1,2-Dichloroethane, DICHLOROMETHANE |
| Apr 20, 2011 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) |
| Apr 4, 2011 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Mar 10, 2011 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Chlorine |
| Jul 30, 2009 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Total Coliform |
| Jul 2, 2008 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 42 violations: Ethylbenzene, o-Dichlorobenzene, p-Dichlorobenzene, Vinyl chloride, trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene |
| May 23, 2008 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 52 violations: HEXACHLOROBENZENE, Pentachlorophenol, 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE, ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE, Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate |
| Aug 28, 2002 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Nitrate |
Where the water comes from
Farm Water Works draws water from 2 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
Annual water quality report
Farm Water Works 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 500 or fewer people may meet the rule by telling customers the report is available on request, so you may need to ask Farm Water Works for a copy.
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