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Cottages of Boone

At a glance

Cottages of Boone (PWSID NC3095030) is an active community water system in Watauga County, North Carolina. It reports serving 890 people through 206 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2025.

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

Population served

890

Service connections

206

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

CWS

Community water system

System record

PWSIDNC3095030

System typeCommunity water system

Activity statusActive

Population served890

Service connections206

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyNC state drinking water program

City servedBoone

StateNorth Carolina

ZIP—

CountyWatauga County

How does Cottages of Boone compare with other water systems in Watauga County?

By EPA's size categories, Cottages of Boone is a small system (501 to 3,300 people). Watauga County has 96 active public water systems, and Cottages of Boone is the 6th-largest of them by population served. Its population served is about 78% above the county average of 501 people per system, and accounts for 1.9% of the 48,046 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 community water system reports serving 6,703 people, so Cottages of Boone is well below that figure.

What does “community water system” mean?

A community water system serves at least 15 connections used by year-round residents, or regularly serves at least 25 year-round residents. Homes, apartments and mobile-home parks are served by these. North Carolina has 2,031 active community water systems, 40% 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 Cottages of Boone?

EPA lists Cottages of Boone 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. 78 of the 96 active systems in Watauga County (81%) are also privately owned.

Does Cottages of Boone have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2025. The violations listed here began between January 2019 and July 2025. By type: 8 monitoring and reporting, 2 reporting and 1 public notice, recordkeeping or other. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (2 of them). EPA lists 8 as resolved, 2 as archived and 1 as addressed. 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. Archived means the violation was not marked resolved but is more than five years past the end of the noncompliance period, so it no longer counts toward current compliance status. Addressed means the violation is not resolved or archived and is covered by formal enforcement.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2025-07-01	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Complete Failure to Report · code 71	Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000	No	Resolved
2025-05-11	ReportingReport Sample Result/Fail Monitor (RTCR) · code 4B	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2025-04-01	ReportingReport Sample Result/Fail Monitor (RTCR) · code 4B	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Addressed
2025-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Haloacetic acids (HAA5)code 2456	No	Archived
2025-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)code 2950	No	Archived
2023-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipatecode 2035	No	Resolved
2023-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalatecode 2039	No	Resolved
2022-01-01	Monitoring and reportingLead Consumer Notice · code 66	Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000	No	Resolved
2021-08-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)code 2950	No	Resolved
2021-08-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Haloacetic acids (HAA5)code 2456	No	Resolved
2019-01-01	Monitoring and reportingLead Consumer Notice · code 66	Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000	No	Resolved

All 11 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.

Cottages of Boone: frequently asked questions

Who runs Cottages of Boone?

Cottages of Boone (PWSID NC3095030) is a community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NC state drinking water program.

How many people does Cottages of Boone serve?

Cottages of Boone reports serving 890 people through 206 service connections in Watauga County, North Carolina.

Where does Cottages of Boone 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 Cottages of Boone have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2025. 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 Cottages of Boone'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 11 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2025. For current results, consult the system's annual water quality report, EPA ECHO, or the NC state drinking water program.

Where can I find Cottages of Boone's water quality report?

As a community water system, Cottages of Boone must deliver an annual water quality report, called a Consumer Confidence Report, to its customers by July 1 each year, covering the previous calendar year. The system can provide a copy on request.

Other water systems in Watauga County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Boone, Town of	Watauga	19,811	Community	Surface water
Appalachian State Univ WTP	Watauga	11,150	Community	Surface water
Beech Mountain, Town of	Watauga	2,468	Community	Surface water
Blowing Rock, Town of	Watauga	1,637	Community	Surface water
Hound Ears Water System	Watauga	975	Community	Groundwater
Tweetsie Railroad Inc.	Watauga	800	Transient non-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, “Cottages of Boone, PWSID NC3095030, North Carolina”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/north-carolina/cottages-of-boone-nc3095030 (data as of October 1, 2026).