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Broad River Baptist Church

At a glance

Broad River Baptist Church (PWSID NC0181512) is an active transient non-community water system in Rutherford County, North Carolina. It reports serving 40 people through 3 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, one is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2008.

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

PWSIDNC0181512

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served40

Service connections3

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyNC state drinking water program

City servedRutherfordton

StateNorth Carolina

ZIP—

CountyRutherford County

How does Broad River Baptist Church compare with other water systems in Rutherford County?

By EPA's size categories, Broad River Baptist Church is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Rutherford County has 60 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 929 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 55,748 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 Broad River 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 Broad River Baptist Church?

EPA lists Broad River 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. 52 of the 60 active systems in Rutherford County (87%) are also privately owned.

Does Broad River Baptist Church have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, one is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2008. The violations listed here began between July 2002 and April 2008. By type: 7 public notice, recordkeeping or other, 4 monitoring and reporting and 1 contaminant level above the legal limit. 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.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2008-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2005-11-20	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation without NPDWR Violation · code 76	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2005-05-10	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation without NPDWR Violation · code 76	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2004-09-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) · code 25	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2004-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2003-08-13	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation without NPDWR Violation · code 76	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2003-02-22	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation without NPDWR Violation · code 76	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2002-11-18	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation without NPDWR Violation · code 76	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2002-09-04	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation without NPDWR Violation · code 76	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2002-07-11	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation without NPDWR Violation · code 76	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2002-07-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	Yes	Resolved
2002-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	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.

Broad River Baptist Church: frequently asked questions

Who runs Broad River Baptist Church?

Broad River Baptist Church (PWSID NC0181512) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NC state drinking water program.

How many people does Broad River Baptist Church serve?

Broad River Baptist Church reports serving 40 people through 3 service connections in Rutherford County, North Carolina.

Where does Broad River 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 Broad River Baptist Church have any drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, one is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2008. 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 Broad River 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, one is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2008. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the NC state drinking water program.

Where can I find Broad River Baptist Church's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Broad River 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 Rutherford County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Forest City, Town of	Rutherford	21,521	Community	Surface water
Broad River Water Authority	Rutherford	18,242	Community	Surface water
Ellenboro Town of	Rutherford	2,322	Community	Purchased surface water
Concord Comm Water System	Rutherford	1,867	Community	Purchased surface water
Fairfield Mountains No 1	Rutherford	1,798	Community	Groundwater
Lake Lure, Town of	Rutherford	1,176	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, “Broad River Baptist Church, PWSID NC0181512, North Carolina”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/north-carolina/broad-river-baptist-church-nc0181512 (data as of October 1, 2026).