Tapcensus

North Carolina

Watauga County drinking water quality

96 active public water systems serve 48,078 people in Watauga County. 55 are compliant, 41 had at least one EPA violation in the past three years, 0 are designated serious violators, and 1 carries a health flag.

Active systems 96 27 community systems
People served 48K by public water systems
Systems with violations 41 43% of active systems, past 3 years
Serious violators 0 1 systems carry a health flag

Needs attention

Appalachian Advent Christ CG NC3095005 · Blowing Rock · Transient non-community system · Serves 80 2 rules violated in the past three years. Unresolved: Public Notification Rule and Revised Total Coliform Rule (RTCR).

Community water systems

27 systems, largest first
SystemServesStatusRules violated, 3 yrUnresolved
Boone, Town of
Boone 		19,811 1 0
Appalachian State Univ Wtp
Boone 		11,150 3 0
Beech Mountain, Town of
Beech Mountain 		2,468 1 0
Blowing Rock, Town of
Blowing Rock 		1,637 0 0
Hound Ears Water System
Boone 		975 0 0
Cottages of Boone
Boone 		890 4 1
Echota S/d
Boone 		710 0 0
Powder Horn Mountain
Boone 		548 0 0
Mill Ridge Poa
Banner Elk 		427 2 1
Seven Devils, Town of
Seven Devils 		400 1 1
Ski Mountain S/d
Boone 		397 0 0
Bradford Park
Boone 		310 1 0
The Bluffs at Blowing Rock
Boone 		254 1 0
Chapel Hill S/d
Boone 		216 0 0
Mountain Ridge Estates
Blowing Rock 		168 1 0
Blue Ridge Preservation INC
Boone 		150 0 0
Crystal Mountain
Boone 		88 1 0
Crestview Estates S/d
Blowing Rock 		87 1 0
Laurelwood Development
Boone 		71 0 0
Pebble Creek Apartments
Boone 		52 3 1
Blue Ridge Estates
Blowing Rock 		51 1 1
Watauga MHP
Boone 		45 0 0
Valley View S/d
Boone 		40 0 0
Hampton MHP
Boone 		37 3 2
Green Briar Apartments
Boone 		35 1 0
Bloomfield Apartments
Boone 		31 2 0
Heavenly Mtn Resort-Village
Boone 		25 0 0
Non-community systems (69: schools, campgrounds, workplaces, restaurants)

These systems serve places people visit rather than homes.

SystemServesStatusRules violated, 3 yrUnresolved
Tweetsie Railroad INC
Blowing Rock 		800 0 0
Parkway Elem School
Boone 		629 3 1
Cone Park
Blowing Rock 		500 0 0
Valle Crucis Elementary School
Banner Elk 		400 1 1
Buffalo Camp RV Park
 356 1 1
Koa-Campground
Boone 		352 0 0
Blowing Rock Conference Center
Blowing Rock 		325 0 0
Cove Creek Elementary School
Boone 		273 1 0
Green Valley Elem School
Boone 		251 1 0
Flintlock Campground
Boone 		245 1 1
Grandfather Mountain Campgrd
Boone 		225 0 0
Samaritans Purse Conference Center
 220 0 0
Mount Vernon Baptist Church
Boone 		201 2 0
Mabel Elem School
Boone 		137 1 0
Bethel Elementary School
Boone 		128 1 0
Price Park Campground
Blowing Rock 		100 0 0
Appalachian Advent Christ CG
Blowing Rock 		80 2 2
Appalcart Transit Facility
 80 1 1
Smoketree Lodge
Banner Elk 		80 0 0
Mountain Pathways School Annex
Boone 		77 1 0
Mast General Store-Warehouse
Valle Crucis 		70 0 0
Rha Health Services
Deep Gap 		70 0 0
Western Watauga Community Center
 70 0 0
Cove Creek Preservation & Dev
Sugar Grove 		65 1 0
Honeybear Campground Section C&d
Boone 		62 1 0
Honeybear Campground Section A&b
Boone 		60 1 0
Vanderpool Campground Inc.
Vilas 		60 1 0
Dot-Blowing Rock RA US 221 W
Blowing Rock 		40 0 0
Hebron Colony
Boone 		36 0 0
Hitching Post RV Park-Campgrd
Deep Gap 		32 1 1
Waterwheel RV PK
Boone 		31 2 0
Appalachian Ski Mtn
Blowing Rock 		25 0 0
Appalachian Student Studios
Boone 		25 0 0
Blowing Rock Conf Ctr Gymnasium
Blowing Rock 		25 0 0
Blue Ridge Diner
Deep Gap 		25 0 0
Brushy Fork Baptist Church
Vilas 		25 2 0
Camp Broadstone
Banner Elk 		25 0 0
Country Retreat Fam Billiards
Boone 		25 2 1
Cove Creek Store
Sugar Grove 		25 0 0
Dollar General #17616
Boone 		25 0 0
Dollar General #17619
Boone 		25 0 0
Elk Knob State Park Visitor Office
 25 0 0
Frontier Village I (well 1)
Boone 		25 0 0
Frontier Village I (well 2)
Boone 		25 0 0
Frontier Village I (well 4)
Boone 		25 0 0
Frontier Village II (well 1)
Boone 		25 0 0
Frontier Village II (well 2)
Boone 		25 0 0
Frontier Village III
Boone 		25 0 0
Gamekeeper
 25 0 0
Grandview Restaurant
Banner Elk 		25 0 0
Inn at Crestwood
 25 0 0
Inn at the Ponds
Banner Elk 		25 0 0
Laurel Springs Baptist Church
 25 0 0
Mary`s Kitchen
Boone 		25 2 0
Mast Farm Inn
Valle Crucis 		25 3 0
Mast General Store
Valle Crucis 		25 0 0
Mast General Store Annex
Valle Crucis 		25 0 0
Mountain Dog Coffee
Boone 		25 2 0
Mystery Hill
 25 0 0
Oak Grove Baptist Church
Boone 		25 0 0
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church
Zionville 		25 0 0
Skate World
Vilas 		25 0 0
Thompson`s Seafood
Deep Gap 		25 0 0
Trinity Baptist Church
Deep Gap 		25 0 0
Valle Crucis Conference Center
Valle Crucis 		25 1 0
Valle Crucis Mission
Valle Crucis 		25 1 0
Westglow Resort
 25 0 0
Westglow Spa
Blowing Rock 		25 0 0
Wildflower (well 1)
Boone 		25 0 0
Inactive systems (146, 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.