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Town of Biscoe

Serves Biscoe, Montgomery County, NC · 2,735 people served

Federal records show 2 health-based violations and 6 monitoring/reporting issues for Town of Biscoe in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) violation.

  • NC0362035
  • BISCOE
  • NC
  • 2,735 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 27209
EPA system ID NC0362035

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
2
Resolved
2
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
6

Key facts

  • Town of Biscoe buys its water from Montgomery County Water System.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), 0.064 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit), 2025.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, October 2025.
  • Record on file since 1999, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 729 unknown out of 1,060 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
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.061 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Jul 1, 2025 Resolved No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.064 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Jan 1, 2025 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Public Notice
OTHER
 Sep 29, 2025 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jun 1, 2025 Active
Enforcement action in place
Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
 Mar 11, 2025 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2022 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2019 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2018 Resolved

Full record since 1999

EPA's records for Town of Biscoe go back to 1999. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 10 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 2
2000s 0 1
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 7
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 2
2020s 2 4

Enforcement actions

North Carolina regulators took 8 formal enforcement actions against Town of Biscoe between 2014 and 2025, filed as 9 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in October 2025.

Date By Action Violations covered
Oct 1, 2025 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Jun 7, 2025 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Revised Total Coliform Rule
Mar 6, 2025 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations (2 health-based): Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Mar 30, 2022 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule
May 6, 2019 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule
Nov 20, 2018 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule
Dec 12, 2014 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Oct 8, 2014 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 4 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

What the violations mean

Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

2 incidents

Haloacetic acid byproducts exceeded the federal limit

Long-term exposure to HAAs may increase cancer risk

Where the water comes from

Town of Biscoe buys its water from Montgomery County Water System. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

Town of Biscoe 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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