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Black Forest Family Campground

At a glance

Black Forest Family Campground (PWSID NC0188137) is an active transient non-community water system in Transylvania County, North Carolina. It reports serving 40 people through 79 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, 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 2014.

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

Population served

40

Service connections

79

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDNC0188137
System typeTransient non-community water system
Activity statusActive
Population served40
Service connections79
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyNC state drinking water program
City servedCedar Mountain
StateNorth Carolina
ZIP—
CountyTransylvania County

How does Black Forest Family Campground compare with other water systems in Transylvania County?

By EPA's size categories, Black Forest Family Campground is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Transylvania County has 114 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 249 people per system, and accounts for 0.1% of the 28,426 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 transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Black Forest Family Campground is well below that figure.

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

A transient non-community water system serves places where people do not stay long, such as gas stations and campgrounds, and regularly serves at least 25 people a day for at least 60 days a year. North Carolina has 2,745 active transient non-community water systems, 54% of the state's 5,087 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 4,566 North Carolina systems (90%) list groundwater as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Black Forest Family Campground?

EPA lists Black Forest Family Campground 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. 98 of the 114 active systems in Transylvania County (86%) are also privately owned.

Does Black Forest Family Campground 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 2014. The violations listed here began between September 2006 and April 2014. By type: 7 public notice, recordkeeping or other and 5 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Public Notice (7 of them). EPA lists 12 as resolved. 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.

BeganViolationContaminant or ruleHealth-basedStatus
2014-04-18Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75Public Noticecode 7500NoResolved
2013-05-02Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75Public Noticecode 7500NoResolved
2013-03-23Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75Public Noticecode 7500NoResolved
2012-10-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoResolved
2011-10-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoResolved
2011-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Nitratecode 1040NoResolved
2009-07-19Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75Public Noticecode 7500NoResolved
2008-04-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoResolved
2008-01-24Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75Public Noticecode 7500NoResolved
2007-11-04Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75Public Noticecode 7500NoResolved
2007-03-14Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75Public Noticecode 7500NoResolved
2006-09-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoResolved

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.

Black Forest Family Campground: frequently asked questions

Who runs Black Forest Family Campground?

Black Forest Family Campground (PWSID NC0188137) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NC state drinking water program.

How many people does Black Forest Family Campground serve?

Black Forest Family Campground reports serving 40 people through 79 service connections in Transylvania County, North Carolina.

Where does Black Forest Family Campground get its water?

EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers.

Does Black Forest Family Campground 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 2014. 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 Black Forest Family Campground's 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 2014. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the NC state drinking water program.

Where can I find Black Forest Family Campground's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Black Forest Family Campground is a 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 Transylvania County

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
Brevard, City ofTransylvania11,336CommunitySurface water
Connestee FallsTransylvania3,532CommunityGroundwater
Sapphire Lakes DevelopmentTransylvania724CommunityGroundwater
Sherwood Forest Water SystemTransylvania680CommunityGroundwater
Rosman, Town ofTransylvania650CommunityGroundwater
The Wilds CampTransylvania450CommunityGroundwater

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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, “Black Forest Family Campground, PWSID NC0188137, North Carolina”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/north-carolina/black-forest-family-campground-nc0188137 (data as of October 1, 2026).