Public water system record
Echota S/D
Serves Boone and Foscoe, Watauga County, NC · 678 people served
Federal records show 8 health-based violations and 3 monitoring/reporting issues for Echota S/D in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Arsenic violation.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 8
- Resolved
- 8
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 3
Key facts
- Echota S/D draws water from 9 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, August 2021.
- Record on file since 2005, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 662 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.
| Contaminant | Rule family | Start date | Status | Acute |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
330 | Apr 1, 2022 | Resolved | No |
|
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
330 | Apr 1, 2022 | Resolved | No |
|
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
330 | Jan 1, 2022 | Resolved | No |
|
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
330 | Jan 1, 2022 | Resolved | No |
|
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
330 | Oct 1, 2021 | Resolved | No |
|
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
330 | Oct 1, 2021 | Resolved | No |
|
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
330 | Jul 1, 2021 | Resolved | No |
|
Arsenic
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
330 | Jul 1, 2021 | Resolved | No |
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, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2018 | Resolved |
Full record since 2005
EPA's records for Echota S/D go back to 2005. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 52 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0 | 52 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020s | 8 | 1 |
Enforcement actions
North Carolina regulators took 5 formal enforcement actions against Echota S/D between 2008 and 2021, filed as 6 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in August 2021.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 2021 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 8 violations (8 health-based): Arsenic |
| Nov 20, 2018 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
| May 14, 2018 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Sep 2, 2008 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 21 violations: 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene, Xylenes, Total, DICHLOROMETHANE, trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene, 1,2-Dichloroethane |
| Aug 22, 2008 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 26 violations: Endrin, Methoxychlor, Dalapon, Carbofuran, Heptachlor epoxide |
What the violations mean
Arsenic
8 incidentsArsenic exceeded the federal limit
Long-term arsenic exposure is linked to cancer and cardiovascular effects
Where the water comes from
Echota S/D draws water from 9 wells.
Annual water quality report
Echota S/D 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