Public water system · NC0309542

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Briar Branch Baptist Church

At a glance

Briar Branch Baptist Church (PWSID NC0309542) is an active transient non-community water system in Bladen County, North Carolina. It reports serving 25 people through 1 service connection. 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 July 2018.

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

Population served

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDNC0309542

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served25

Service connections1

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyNC state drinking water program

City servedGarland

StateNorth Carolina

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CountyBladen County

How does Briar Branch Baptist Church compare with other water systems in Bladen County?

By EPA's size categories, Briar Branch Baptist Church is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Bladen County has 25 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 1,632 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 40,804 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 Briar Branch Baptist Church 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 Briar Branch Baptist Church?

EPA lists Briar Branch Baptist Church 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. 13 of the 25 active systems in Bladen County (52%) are also privately owned.

Does Briar Branch Baptist Church have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2018. The violations listed here began between January 2004 and July 2018. By type: 6 public notice, recordkeeping or other, 5 monitoring and reporting and 1 monitoring. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Public Notice (6 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.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2018-07-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2010-04-17	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2010-02-11	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2009-07-12	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2008-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2008-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitritecode 1041	No	Resolved
2007-10-14	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2007-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitritecode 1041	No	Resolved
2005-04-02	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation without NPDWR Violation · code 76	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2005-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitritecode 1041	No	Resolved
2004-04-26	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation without NPDWR Violation · code 76	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2004-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitritecode 1041	No	Resolved

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.

Briar Branch Baptist Church: frequently asked questions

Who runs Briar Branch Baptist Church?

Briar Branch Baptist Church (PWSID NC0309542) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NC state drinking water program.

How many people does Briar Branch Baptist Church serve?

Briar Branch Baptist Church reports serving 25 people through 1 service connection in Bladen County, North Carolina.

Where does Briar Branch Baptist Church 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 Briar Branch Baptist Church 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 July 2018. 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 Briar Branch Baptist Church'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 July 2018. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the NC state drinking water program.

Where can I find Briar Branch Baptist Church's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Briar Branch Baptist Church 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 Bladen County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Bladen Co Wtr Dist-West Bladen	Bladen	14,408	Community	Groundwater
White Lake, Town of	Bladen	5,770	Community	Groundwater
Elizabethtown, Town of	Bladen	5,311	Community	Groundwater
Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp - Tar Heel	Bladen	4,589	Non-transient non-community	Purchased surface water
Bladen Co Wtr Dist-East Bladen	Bladen	4,310	Community	Groundwater
Bladenboro, Town of	Bladen	3,175	Community	Groundwater

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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, “Briar Branch Baptist Church, PWSID NC0309542, North Carolina”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/north-carolina/briar-branch-baptist-church-nc0309542 (data as of October 1, 2026).