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Dogwood Estates

At a glance

Dogwood Estates (PWSID NC0180188) is an active community water system in Rowan County, North Carolina. It reports serving 64 people through 25 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 8 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2022.

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

Population served

64

Service connections

25

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

CWS

Community water system

System record

PWSIDNC0180188
System typeCommunity water system
Activity statusActive
Population served64
Service connections25
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyNC state drinking water program
City servedChina Grove
StateNorth Carolina
ZIP—
CountyRowan County

How does Dogwood Estates compare with other water systems in Rowan County?

By EPA's size categories, Dogwood Estates is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Rowan County has 194 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 700 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 135,810 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 Dogwood Estates 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 Dogwood Estates?

EPA lists Dogwood Estates 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. 173 of the 194 active systems in Rowan County (89%) are also privately owned.

Does Dogwood Estates have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 8 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2022. The violations listed here began between September 1986 and January 2022. By type: 8 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Gross alpha (excluding radon and uranium) (4 of them). EPA lists 5 as archived and 3 as resolved. 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. 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
2022-01-01Monitoring and reportingLead Consumer Notice · code 66Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000NoResolved
2000-04-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoResolved
1993-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Nitratecode 1040NoArchived
1993-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Nitratecode 1040NoResolved
1987-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Gross alpha (excluding radon and uranium)code 4000NoArchived
1987-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Gross alpha (excluding radon and uranium)code 4000NoArchived
1986-09-19Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Gross alpha (excluding radon and uranium)code 4000NoArchived
1986-09-19Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Gross alpha (excluding radon and uranium)code 4000NoArchived

All 8 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.

Dogwood Estates: frequently asked questions

Who runs Dogwood Estates?

Dogwood Estates (PWSID NC0180188) is a community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NC state drinking water program.

How many people does Dogwood Estates serve?

Dogwood Estates reports serving 64 people through 25 service connections in Rowan County, North Carolina.

Where does Dogwood Estates 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 Dogwood Estates have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 8 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2022. 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 Dogwood Estates' 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 8 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2022. For current results, consult the system's annual water quality report, EPA ECHO, or the NC state drinking water program.

Where can I find Dogwood Estates' water quality report?

As a community water system, Dogwood Estates 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 Rowan County

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
Kannapolis, City ofRowan56,050CommunitySurface water
Salisbury-RowanRowan46,156CommunitySurface water
Landis, Town ofRowan5,510CommunityPurchased surface water
China Grove, Town ofRowan4,895CommunityPurchased surface water
East Spencer, Town ofRowan1,550CommunityPurchased surface water
Faith, Town ofRowan1,316CommunityGroundwater

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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, “Dogwood Estates, PWSID NC0180188, North Carolina”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/north-carolina/dogwood-estates-nc0180188 (data as of October 1, 2026).