Public water system record
Town of Fair Bluff
Serves Fair Bluff, Columbus County, NC · 800 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 8 monitoring/reporting issues for Town of Fair Bluff 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
- 8
Key facts
- Town of Fair Bluff draws water from 1 well.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, April 2022.
- Record on file since 1992, with 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 393 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Mar 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Apr 12, 2012 | Resolved |
|
Asbestos
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2011 | Resolved |
Full record since 1992
EPA's records for Town of Fair Bluff go back to 1992. Before October 19, 2016 they list 2 health-based violations (1 resolved, 1 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 42 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2 | 7 |
| 2000s | 0 | 30 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 5 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020s | 0 | 4 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began September 1992, Resolved.
Show all 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Sep 1, 1992 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Sep 1, 1992 | Archived |
Enforcement actions
North Carolina regulators took 9 formal enforcement actions against Town of Fair Bluff between 2011 and 2022, filed as 11 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in April 2022.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2022 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Chlorine, Revised Total Coliform Rule |
| Nov 20, 2018 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
| Nov 29, 2017 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
| Jun 19, 2014 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Asbestos |
| Dec 3, 2013 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Total Coliform |
| Nov 6, 2013 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Chlorine, Total Coliform |
| Jun 17, 2013 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
| Nov 22, 2012 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Public Notice |
| Apr 12, 2011 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 26 violations: Endrin, BHC-GAMMA, Methoxychlor, Toxaphene, Dalapon |
Where the water comes from
Town of Fair Bluff draws water from 1 well. It also has an emergency connection to Columbus Co Water Districts II, III, V.
Emergency or part-time connections to
- Columbus Co Water Districts II, III, V Whiteville, NC
Annual water quality report
Town of Fair Bluff 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