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Columbus Co Water District I

Serves an area of Columbus County, NC that includes Tabor City · 1,700 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 11 monitoring/reporting issues for Columbus Co Water District I in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.

  • NC0424060
  • WHITEVILLE
  • NC
  • 1,700 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 28472
EPA system ID NC0424060

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
11

Key facts

  • Columbus Co Water District I buys its water from Town of Tabor City.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, October 2024.
  • Record on file since 1997, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 83 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.

None since October 2016.

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2024 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2024 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2023 Active
Enforcement action in place
Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
 Sep 11, 2022 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2020 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2020 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2018 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Oct 1, 2018 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2018 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2018 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2017 Resolved

Full record since 1997

EPA's records for Columbus Co Water District I go back to 1997. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 22 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 2
2000s 0 17
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 3
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 5
2020s 0 6

Enforcement actions

North Carolina regulators took 14 formal enforcement actions against Columbus Co Water District I between 2007 and 2024, filed as 15 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in October 2024.

Date By Action Violations covered
Oct 22, 2024 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Mar 2, 2023 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule
Dec 7, 2022 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Revised Total Coliform Rule
Apr 15, 2020 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule
Feb 21, 2019 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Jan 18, 2019 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Oct 18, 2018 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Jun 12, 2017 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule
Dec 12, 2011 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation: Total Coliform
Nov 30, 2011 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule
Oct 20, 2011 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Chlorine, Total Coliform
Jan 8, 2009 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
May 14, 2008 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 2 violations: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Oct 23, 2007 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation: Total Coliform

Where the water comes from

Columbus Co Water District I buys its water from Town of Tabor City. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

Columbus Co Water District I 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

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