Public water system · NC0111103

Active

Biltmore Estates

At a glance

Biltmore Estates (PWSID NC0111103) is an active non-transient non-community water system in Buncombe County, North Carolina. It reports serving 857 people through 15 service connections. Its primary water source is purchased surface water, and EPA lists it as privately owned. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2020.

Dataset updated October 2026 . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

857

Service connections

Primary source

SWP

Purchased surface water

System type

NTNCWS

Non-transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDNC0111103

System typeNon-transient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served857

Service connections15

Primary water sourcePurchased surface water

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyNC state drinking water program

City servedAsheville

StateNorth Carolina

ZIP—

CountyBuncombe County

How does Biltmore Estates compare with other water systems in Buncombe County?

By EPA's size categories, Biltmore Estates is a small system (501 to 3,300 people). Buncombe County has 105 active public water systems. Its population served is about 56% below the county average of 1,956 people per system, and accounts for 0.4% of the 205,425 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across North Carolina, the 5,087 active systems average 1,971 people each. Nationally, the average active non-transient non-community water system reports serving 430 people, so Biltmore Estates is about twice that figure.

What does “non-transient non-community water system” mean?

A non-transient non-community water system regularly serves at least 25 of the same people for more than six months a year, but not where they live. Schools, factories, office buildings and hospitals with their own supply are typical examples. North Carolina has 311 active non-transient non-community water systems, 6.1% of the state's 5,087 active systems. Purchased surface water means the system buys surface water from another public water system rather than drawing its own. 331 North Carolina systems (6.5%) list purchased surface water as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Biltmore Estates?

EPA lists Biltmore Estates as privately owned. The NC state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 96 of the 105 active systems in Buncombe County (91%) are also privately owned.

Does Biltmore Estates have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2020. The violations listed here began between January 1991 and April 2020. By type: 11 monitoring and reporting and 1 reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Mercury (2 of them). EPA lists 9 as archived and 3 as resolved. Archived means the violation was not marked resolved but is more than five years past the end of the noncompliance period, so it no longer counts toward current compliance status. Resolved means at least one resolving action is on record: the system returned to compliance, the rule no longer applies, or no further action was needed.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2020-04-11	ReportingReport Sample Result/Fail Monitor (RTCR) · code 4B	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2017-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)code 2950	No	Resolved
2017-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Haloacetic acids (HAA5)code 2456	No	Resolved
1992-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Archived
1992-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Cadmiumcode 1015	No	Archived
1992-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Mercurycode 1035	No	Archived
1992-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Chromiumcode 1020	No	Archived
1992-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Seleniumcode 1045	No	Archived
1992-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Arseniccode 1005	No	Archived
1992-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Bariumcode 1010	No	Archived
1992-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Fluoridecode 1025	No	Archived
1991-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Mercurycode 1035	No	Archived

The 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, newest first.Labels and codes come from EPA's SDWIS reference tables. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found. "Health-based" marks violations of a legal limit or required treatment.

Biltmore Estates: frequently asked questions

Who runs Biltmore Estates?

Biltmore Estates (PWSID NC0111103) is a non-transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NC state drinking water program.

How many people does Biltmore Estates serve?

Biltmore Estates reports serving 857 people through 15 service connections in Buncombe County, North Carolina.

Where does Biltmore Estates get its water?

EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as purchased surface water. Purchased surface water means the system buys surface water from another public water system rather than drawing its own.

Does Biltmore Estates have any drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2020. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found.

Is Biltmore Estates' water safe to drink?

AquaCensus shows EPA compliance records, not current water test results, so it cannot say whether the water is safe at a given moment. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2020. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the NC state drinking water program.

Where can I find Biltmore Estates' water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Biltmore Estates is a non-transient non-community water system, so it is not required to publish one; like every public water system, it must notify the people it serves about violations under EPA's public notification rules.

Other water systems in Buncombe County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Asheville City of	Buncombe	157,431	Community	Surface water
Black Mountain, Town of	Buncombe	11,976	Community	Purchased surface water
Woodfin Sanitary Water and Sewer	Buncombe	10,122	Community	Surface water
Weaverville, Town of	Buncombe	8,359	Community	Surface water
Biltmore Forest, Town of	Buncombe	1,356	Community	Purchased surface water
Royal Gorge Water Utility	Buncombe	950	Community	Groundwater

Working with water-system records? Pro adds alerts, change history and CSV export ($49/mo); Enterprise adds full national files, the API and an MCP server for AI tools.

About this data

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and SDWA violation records, via EPA ECHO, as published October 1, 2026 — AquaCensus refreshes it quarterly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: AquaCensus, “Biltmore Estates, PWSID NC0111103, North Carolina”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/north-carolina/biltmore-estates-nc0111103 (data as of October 1, 2026).