Public water system record
La Grange Water System
Serves La Grange, Lenoir County, NC · 3,167 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for La Grange Water System 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
- 2
Key facts
- La Grange Water System draws water from 4 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, December 2014.
- Record on file since 1992, with 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 1,665 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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2020 | Resolved |
Full record since 1992
EPA's records for La Grange Water System 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 19 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0 | 15 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020s | 0 | 2 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began May 1992, Resolved.
Show all 2 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
May 1, 1992 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
May 1, 1992 | Archived |
Enforcement actions
North Carolina regulators and EPA took 3 formal enforcement actions against La Grange Water System between 2000 and 2014. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in December 2014.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 2014 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Oct 23, 2007 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Total Coliform |
| May 25, 2000 | EPA | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
Where the water comes from
La Grange Water System draws water from 4 wells. It also has an emergency connection to North Lenoir Water Corp. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to La Grange Water System.
Emergency or part-time connections to
- North Lenoir Water Corp Kinston, NC
Annual water quality report
La Grange Water System 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