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Coles Cove Baptist Church

At a glance

Coles Cove Baptist Church (PWSID NC0111445) is an active transient non-community water system in Buncombe County, North Carolina. It reports serving 40 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, 3 are health-based, and the most recent began in July 2009.

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

PWSIDNC0111445

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served40

Service connections1

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyNC state drinking water program

City servedWeaverville

StateNorth Carolina

ZIP—

CountyBuncombe County

How does Coles Cove Baptist Church compare with other water systems in Buncombe County?

By EPA's size categories, Coles Cove Baptist Church is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Buncombe County has 105 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 1,956 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% 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 transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Coles Cove 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 Coles Cove Baptist Church?

EPA lists Coles Cove 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. 96 of the 105 active systems in Buncombe County (91%) are also privately owned.

Does Coles Cove Baptist Church have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, 3 are health-based, and the most recent began in July 2009. The violations listed here began between November 2002 and July 2009. By type: 5 public notice, recordkeeping or other, 4 monitoring and reporting and 3 contaminant level above the legal limit. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Total coliform bacteria (TCR) (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
2009-07-18	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2009-02-19	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2008-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2007-08-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	Yes	Resolved
2007-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) · code 25	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2007-07-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	Yes	Resolved
2004-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved
2003-12-08	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
2002-12-26	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation without NPDWR Violation · code 76	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2002-12-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2002-11-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	Yes	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.

Coles Cove Baptist Church: frequently asked questions

Who runs Coles Cove Baptist Church?

Coles Cove Baptist Church (PWSID NC0111445) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NC state drinking water program.

How many people does Coles Cove Baptist Church serve?

Coles Cove Baptist Church reports serving 40 people through 1 service connection in Buncombe County, North Carolina.

Where does Coles Cove 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 Coles Cove Baptist Church have any drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, 3 are 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 Coles Cove 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, 3 are 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 Coles Cove Baptist Church's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Coles Cove 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 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

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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, “Coles Cove Baptist Church, PWSID NC0111445, North Carolina”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/north-carolina/coles-cove-baptist-church-nc0111445 (data as of October 1, 2026).