Public water system record
Birchwood MHP
Serves an area of Orange County, NC · 312 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 5 monitoring/reporting issues for Birchwood MHP 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
- Birchwood MHP draws water from 4 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, March 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 145 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
|
Jan 11, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Feb 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2020 | Resolved |
Full record since 1980
EPA's records for Birchwood MHP go back to 1980. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 149 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 70 |
| 1990s | 0 | 30 |
| 2000s | 0 | 49 |
| 2020s | 0 | 5 |
Enforcement actions
North Carolina regulators took 11 formal enforcement actions against Birchwood MHP between 1987 and 2024, filed as 13 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in March 2024.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2024 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Revised Total Coliform Rule |
| Sep 6, 2023 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Revised Total Coliform Rule |
| Apr 12, 2023 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Revised Total Coliform Rule |
| Mar 30, 2022 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Oct 27, 2021 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
| Oct 27, 2010 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Feb 18, 2009 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
| Jan 12, 2009 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate |
| Nov 25, 2008 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 2 violations: Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate |
| Jul 2, 2008 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 21 violations: p-Dichlorobenzene, 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene, cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene, Xylenes, Total, DICHLOROMETHANE |
| Sep 30, 1987 | North Carolina | Administrative penalty | 24 violations: Arsenic, Cadmium, Barium, Nitrate, Mercury |
Where the water comes from
Birchwood MHP draws water from 4 wells.
Annual water quality report
Birchwood MHP 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 Birchwood MHP 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