North Carolina
Madison County drinking water quality
41 active public water systems serve 10,946 people in Madison County. 22 are compliant, 19 had at least one EPA violation in the past three years, 0 are designated serious violators, and 1 carries a health flag.
Needs attention
Community water systems
4 systems, largest first| System | Serves | Status | Rules violated, 3 yr | Unresolved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Mars Hill, Town of Mars Hill |
3,030 | 0 | 0 | |
|
Wolf Laurel Resort Mars Hill |
1,819 | 1 | 0 | |
|
Marshall, Town of Marshall |
1,402 | 2 | 0 | |
|
Hot Springs, Town of Hot Springs |
887 | 1 | 0 |
Non-community systems (37: schools, campgrounds, workplaces, restaurants)
These systems serve places people visit rather than homes.
Inactive systems (85, 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.