Public water system record
Town of Sharpsburg
Serves Sharpsburg, Nash County, NC · 1,945 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 16 monitoring/reporting issues for Town of Sharpsburg 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
- 16
Key facts
- Town of Sharpsburg buys its water from City of Rocky Mount.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, February 2023.
- Record on file since 1995, with 9 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 1,275 unknown out of 1,412 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 |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Aug 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Aug 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Asbestos
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
May 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
May 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Nov 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Nov 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Sep 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Aug 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Aug 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Mar 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Asbestos
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2011 | Resolved |
Full record since 1995
EPA's records for Town of Sharpsburg go back to 1995. Before October 19, 2016 they list 9 health-based violations (8 resolved, 1 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 49 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1 | 1 |
| 2000s | 2 | 13 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 6 | 35 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 11 |
| 2020s | 0 | 4 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), began April 2012, Resolved.
Show all 9 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.094 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
|
Apr 1, 2012 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.064 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
|
Apr 1, 2012 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.097 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
|
Jan 1, 2012 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.064 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
|
Jan 1, 2012 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.097 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
|
Oct 1, 2011 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.064 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
|
Oct 1, 2011 | Resolved |
|
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 6 pCi/L, federal limit 5 pCi/L (1.2 times the limit)
|
Oct 1, 2007 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jul 1, 2000 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jun 1, 1997 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
North Carolina regulators took 37 formal enforcement actions against Town of Sharpsburg between 2008 and 2023, filed as 52 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in February 2023.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 2023 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Asbestos |
| Mar 30, 2022 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Nov 12, 2021 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Jun 29, 2020 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Mar 12, 2019 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Aug 21, 2018 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Feb 20, 2018 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Feb 13, 2018 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Revised Total Coliform Rule |
| Jan 23, 2018 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Nov 13, 2017 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Chlorine, Revised Total Coliform 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 |
| Apr 29, 2016 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Dec 31, 2015 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Chlorine, Total Coliform |
| Jul 14, 2015 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Public Notice |
| May 27, 2015 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Total Coliform |
| Apr 20, 2015 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Total Coliform |
| Apr 8, 2015 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Chlorine, Total Coliform |
| Feb 10, 2015 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Chlorine, Total Coliform |
| Sep 26, 2014 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Total Coliform |
| Jul 30, 2014 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Chlorine, Total Coliform |
| Jul 17, 2014 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Total Coliform |
| Jun 19, 2014 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Asbestos |
| Jun 18, 2014 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Chlorine, Total Coliform |
| Jun 10, 2014 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 3 violations: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) |
| Feb 19, 2014 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Aug 13, 2013 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 4 violations: Public Notice |
| Aug 2, 2013 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Jun 17, 2013 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
| Apr 17, 2013 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Nov 22, 2012 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 3 violations: Public Notice |
| Aug 17, 2012 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Total Coliform |
| Jun 4, 2012 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Total Coliform, Chlorine |
| Jun 1, 2012 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) |
| May 9, 2012 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 6 violations (6 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Jun 14, 2011 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) |
| Jan 31, 2008 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Combined Radium (-226 and -228) |
Where the water comes from
Town of Sharpsburg buys its water from City of Rocky Mount. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.
Buys water from
- City of Rocky Mount Rocky Mount, NC
Annual water quality report
Town of Sharpsburg 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