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Blue Ridge Funeral Service

At a glance

Blue Ridge Funeral Service (PWSID NC1058002) is an active transient non-community water system in Madison County, North Carolina. It reports serving 50 people through 3 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 2 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2009.

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

Population served

50

Service connections

3

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDNC1058002
System typeTransient non-community water system
Activity statusActive
Population served50
Service connections3
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyNC state drinking water program
City servedMars Hill
StateNorth Carolina
ZIP—
CountyMadison County

How does Blue Ridge Funeral Service compare with other water systems in Madison County?

By EPA's size categories, Blue Ridge Funeral Service is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Madison County has 41 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 270 people per system, and accounts for 0.5% of the 11,056 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 Blue Ridge Funeral Service is about 65% 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 Blue Ridge Funeral Service?

EPA lists Blue Ridge Funeral Service 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. 37 of the 41 active systems in Madison County (90%) are also privately owned.

Does Blue Ridge Funeral Service have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 2 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2009. The violations listed here began between January 2008 and July 2009. By type: 1 public notice, recordkeeping or other and 1 monitoring and reporting. The contaminants or rules involved are Public Notice and Total coliform bacteria (TCR). EPA lists 2 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
2009-07-18Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75Public Noticecode 7500NoResolved
2008-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoResolved

All 2 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.

Blue Ridge Funeral Service: frequently asked questions

Who runs Blue Ridge Funeral Service?

Blue Ridge Funeral Service (PWSID NC1058002) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NC state drinking water program.

How many people does Blue Ridge Funeral Service serve?

Blue Ridge Funeral Service reports serving 50 people through 3 service connections in Madison County, North Carolina.

Where does Blue Ridge Funeral Service 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 Blue Ridge Funeral Service have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 2 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2009. 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 Blue Ridge Funeral Service'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. EPA's records list 2 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2009. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the NC state drinking water program.

Where can I find Blue Ridge Funeral Service's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Blue Ridge Funeral Service 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 Madison County

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
Mars Hill, Town ofMadison3,030CommunitySurface water
Wolf Laurel ResortMadison1,819CommunityGroundwater
Marshall, Town ofMadison1,402CommunityGroundwater
Madison Middle SchoolMadison1,231Non-transient non-communityGroundwater
Hot Springs, Town ofMadison887CommunityGroundwater
Stanley`S CitgoMadison250Transient non-communityGroundwater

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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, “Blue Ridge Funeral Service, PWSID NC1058002, North Carolina”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/north-carolina/blue-ridge-funeral-service-nc1058002 (data as of October 1, 2026).