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McDowell House Rest Home

On record as serving Nebo, McDowell County, NC · Serves 36 people

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 11 monitoring/reporting issues for McDowell House Rest Home in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.

  • NC1056009
  • GLEN ALPINE
  • NC
  • 36 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 28628
EPA system ID NC1056009

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
11

Key facts

  • McDowell House Rest Home draws water from 1 well.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, November 2024.
  • Record on file since 2003, with 0 health-based violations before October 20, 2016.

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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.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
Treatment technique failure
 350 Oct 17, 2024 Resolved No

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, 2025 Resolved
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
 Oct 17, 2024 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2024 Active
Enforcement action in place
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2023 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2023 Active
Enforcement action in place
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2022 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2021 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2020 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2020 Active
Enforcement action in place
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2019 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2017 Active
Enforcement action in place

Full record since 2003

EPA's records for McDowell House Rest Home go back to 2003. Before October 20, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 9 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
2000s 0 6
2010 to October 19, 2016 0 3
October 20, 2016 to 2019 0 2
2020s 1 9

Enforcement actions

North Carolina regulators took 11 formal enforcement actions against McDowell House Rest Home between 2004 and 2024. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in November 2024.

Date By Action Violations covered
Nov 14, 2024 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule
Mar 2, 2023 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule
Apr 26, 2021 North Carolina Compliance order with a penalty 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule
Dec 3, 2020 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule
Apr 15, 2020 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule
Nov 13, 2019 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule
Jun 12, 2017 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule
Mar 27, 2014 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule
Jun 17, 2013 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule
Feb 18, 2009 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule
Nov 12, 2004 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule

What the violations mean

LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS

1 incident

The 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

McDowell House Rest Home draws water from 1 well.

Annual water quality report

McDowell House Rest Home 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.

Systems serving 500 or fewer people may meet the rule by telling customers the report is available on request, so you may need to ask McDowell House Rest Home for a copy.

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Testing your own water

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