Public water system record
Town of Chadbourn
Serves Chadbourn, Columbus County, NC · 2,370 people served
Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 6 monitoring/reporting issues for Town of Chadbourn in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 1
- Resolved
- 1
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 6
Key facts
- Town of Chadbourn draws water from 2 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, April 2025.
- Record on file since 2004, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 78 unknown out of 1,143 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.
| Contaminant | Rule family | Start date | Status | Acute |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
Treatment technique failure
|
350 | Oct 17, 2024 | Resolved | No |
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
|
Oct 17, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2024 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
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Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2024 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
|
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Mar 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
Full record since 2004
EPA's records for Town of Chadbourn go back to 2004. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 11 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0 | 5 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 6 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020s | 1 | 4 |
Enforcement actions
North Carolina regulators took 7 formal enforcement actions against Town of Chadbourn between 2016 and 2025, filed as 14 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in April 2025.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 2025 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Nitrate |
| Jan 31, 2024 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Oct 6, 2017 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Revised Total Coliform Rule |
| May 8, 2017 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Chlorine, Revised Total Coliform Rule |
| Oct 19, 2016 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Mar 18, 2016 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 3 violations: Nitrate |
| Feb 8, 2016 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 3 violations: Nitrate |
What the violations mean
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
1 incidentThe system did not complete a treatment step or action that the LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS requires (a treatment technique violation).
The utility had to notify customers about this violation.
Where the water comes from
Town of Chadbourn draws water from 2 wells.
Annual water quality report
Town of Chadbourn 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