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Cullasaja Club

At a glance

Cullasaja Club (PWSID NC0157143) is an active community water system in Macon County, North Carolina. It reports serving 800 people through 317 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, none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2021.

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

Population served

800

Service connections

317

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

CWS

Community water system

System record

PWSIDNC0157143
System typeCommunity water system
Activity statusActive
Population served800
Service connections317
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyNC state drinking water program
City servedHighlands
StateNorth Carolina
ZIP—
CountyMacon County

How does Cullasaja Club compare with other water systems in Macon County?

By EPA's size categories, Cullasaja Club is a small system (501 to 3,300 people). Macon County has 76 active public water systems, and Cullasaja Club is the 3rd-largest of them by population served. Its population served is about 126% above the county average of 353 people per system, and accounts for 3% of the 26,860 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 Cullasaja Club 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 Cullasaja Club?

EPA lists Cullasaja Club 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. 63 of the 76 active systems in Macon County (83%) are also privately owned.

Does Cullasaja Club 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 2021. The violations listed here began between January 2020 and July 2021. By type: 11 monitoring and reporting and 1 public notice, recordkeeping or other. The contaminants or rules involved are Consumer Confidence Rule, Simazine, Benzo(a)pyrene and Alachlor (Lasso). 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.

BeganViolationContaminant or ruleHealth-basedStatus
2021-07-01Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Complete Failure to Report · code 71Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000NoResolved
2020-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Simazinecode 2037NoResolved
2020-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Benzo(a)pyrenecode 2306NoResolved
2020-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Alachlor (Lasso)code 2051NoResolved
2020-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Heptachlor epoxidecode 2067NoResolved
2020-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Methoxychlorcode 2015NoResolved
2020-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Hexachlorocyclopentadienecode 2042NoResolved
2020-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Endrincode 2005NoResolved
2020-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalatecode 2039NoResolved
2020-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Hexachlorobenzenecode 2274NoResolved
2020-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Heptachlorcode 2065NoResolved
2020-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipatecode 2035NoResolved

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.

Cullasaja Club: frequently asked questions

Who runs Cullasaja Club?

Cullasaja Club (PWSID NC0157143) is a community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NC state drinking water program.

How many people does Cullasaja Club serve?

Cullasaja Club reports serving 800 people through 317 service connections in Macon County, North Carolina.

Where does Cullasaja Club 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 Cullasaja Club 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 2021. 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 Cullasaja Club'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 2021. For current results, consult the system's annual water quality report, EPA ECHO, or the NC state drinking water program.

Where can I find Cullasaja Club's water quality report?

As a community water system, Cullasaja Club 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 Macon County

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
Franklin, Town ofMacon9,650CommunitySurface water
Highlands, Town ofMacon6,614CommunitySurface water
Mill Creek Estates Property Owners Asso.Macon676CommunityPurchased surface water
Highlands Falls Country ClubMacon650CommunityGroundwater
Wildcat Cliffs Country ClubMacon445CommunityGroundwater
Iotla Elem SchoolMacon400Non-transient 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, “Cullasaja Club, PWSID NC0157143, North Carolina”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/north-carolina/cullasaja-club-nc0157143 (data as of October 1, 2026).