Public water system record
Town of Garland
Serves Garland, Sampson County, NC · 948 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 7 monitoring/reporting issues for Town of Garland in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 7
Key facts
- Town of Garland draws water from 2 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order with a penalty by North Carolina, July 2023.
- Record on file since 1985, with 1 health-based violation before October 20, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 335 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Oct 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
|
Aug 11, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2022 |
Active
Enforcement action in place
|
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2019 | Resolved |
Full record since 1985
EPA's records for Town of Garland go back to 1985. Before October 20, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 20 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 16 |
| 1990s | 1 | 1 |
| 2000s | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 to October 19, 2016 | 0 | 2 |
| October 20, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0 | 6 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 20, 2016: Total Coliform, began July 1996, Resolved.
Show the health-based violation before October 20, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 1996 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
North Carolina regulators took 5 formal enforcement actions against Town of Garland between 2020 and 2023, filed as 7 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order with a penalty in July 2023.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2023 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Revised Total Coliform Rule |
| Dec 16, 2022 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Chlorine, Revised Total Coliform Rule |
| Sep 22, 2022 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Revised Total Coliform Rule, Chlorine |
| Mar 30, 2022 | 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 |
Where the water comes from
Town of Garland draws water from 2 wells. 2 other community water systems buy water from Town of Garland.
Community systems that buy water from it
- Sampson Co Wtr Dist II - South Side Clinton, NC
- Sampson Co Wtr Dist II-Garland Clinton, NC
Annual water quality report
Town of Garland 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