North Carolina
Burke County drinking water quality
53 active public water systems serve 76,341 people in Burke County. 37 are compliant, 16 had at least one EPA violation in the past three years, 0 are designated serious violators, and 2 carry a health flag.
Needs attention
Community water systems
17 systems, largest first| System | Serves | Status | Rules violated, 3 yr | Unresolved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Morganton City of Morganton |
27,221 | 1 | 0 | |
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Valdese, Town of Valdese |
13,571 | 2 | 0 | |
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Icard Township Water Corp Hildebran |
7,821 | 2 | 0 | |
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Brentwood Water Association Glen Alpine |
6,038 | 0 | 0 | |
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Brentwood-Jamestown Road Morganton |
6,035 | 0 | 0 | |
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Burke Co. Water-South Morganton |
5,207 | 0 | 0 | |
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Drexel Town of Drexel |
3,302 | 0 | 0 | |
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Rutherford College Town of Rutherford Coll |
2,083 | 1 | 1 | |
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Burke Co-Airport Rhodhiss Hickory |
559 | 0 | 0 | |
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Burke County Omara Rutherford Col |
350 | 0 | 0 | |
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East Shores S/d Morganton |
350 | 1 | 0 | |
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Gingercake Acres Jonas Ridge |
270 | 1 | 1 | |
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Pine Mountain Lakes S/d Connelly Spring |
239 | 1 | 0 | |
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Jonas Ridge Rest Home Jonas Ridge |
80 | 3 | 1 | |
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South Mountain Childrens Home Nebo |
80 | 1 | 1 | |
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Rhodhiss Town of Henry ST Rhodhiss |
70 | 2 | 1 | |
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Cliftwood West Water System Hickory |
40 | 1 | 0 |
Non-community systems (36: schools, campgrounds, workplaces, restaurants)
These systems serve places people visit rather than homes.
Inactive systems (210, no longer operating or reporting)
Kept for the record and excluded from the county totals above. Browse inactive systems.
About this data
Totals cover active systems. Systems serving more than one county are counted in each county. EPA counts the rules a system was in violation of, not the individual violations; one rule can carry several.
Source: the U.S. EPA's Enforcement and Compliance History Online system (ECHO), which publishes the federal Safe Drinking Water Information System. EPA's terms and values are shown as published. The North Carolina records are from EPA's data refresh of Oct 7, 2026; EPA refreshes this data quarterly, and states report to EPA with a lag of three to six months, so the newest violations may not appear yet. Retrieved from ECHO on Oct 11, 2026.