North Carolina
Rutherford County drinking water quality
60 active public water systems serve 56,642 people in Rutherford County. 39 are compliant, 21 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
15 systems, largest first| System | Serves | Status | Rules violated, 3 yr | Unresolved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Forest City, Town of Forest City |
21,521 | 1 | 0 | |
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Broad River Water Authority Rutherfordton |
19,136 | 0 | 0 | |
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Ellenboro Town of Ellenboro |
2,322 | 5 | 3 | |
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Concord Comm Water System Ellenboro |
1,867 | 2 | 1 | |
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Fairfield Mountains NO 1 Lake Lure |
1,798 | 1 | 1 | |
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Lake Lure, Town of Lake Lure |
1,176 | 2 | 0 | |
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Bostic, Town of Bostic |
953 | 3 | 1 | |
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Fairfield Mtns-Apple Valley Lake Lure |
950 | 0 | 0 | |
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Daniel Morgan Wtr District-Nc Mooresboro |
376 | 3 | 0 | |
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Lake Lure Village Resort Lake Lure |
226 | 2 | 1 | |
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Bridges S/d Forest City |
200 | 1 | 0 | |
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Holly Hills S/d Forest City |
122 | 1 | 0 | |
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Firefly Cove Lake Lure |
99 | 3 | 1 | |
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Chimney Rock Village Chimney Rock |
94 | 1 | 0 | |
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Colonial Manor Rest Home Rutherfordton |
27 | 3 | 2 |
Non-community systems (45: schools, campgrounds, workplaces, restaurants)
These systems serve places people visit rather than homes.
Inactive systems (232, 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.