Public water system · NC0188561

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Earthshine Lodge

At a glance

Earthshine Lodge (PWSID NC0188561) is an active transient non-community water system in Transylvania County, North Carolina. It reports serving 100 people through 4 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 2013.

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

Population served

100

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDNC0188561

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served100

Service connections4

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyNC state drinking water program

City servedLake Toxaway

StateNorth Carolina

ZIP—

CountyTransylvania County

How does Earthshine Lodge compare with other water systems in Transylvania County?

By EPA's size categories, Earthshine Lodge is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Transylvania County has 114 active public water systems. Its population served is about 60% below the county average of 249 people per system, and accounts for 0.4% of the 28,426 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 Earthshine Lodge is about 31% 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 Earthshine Lodge?

EPA lists Earthshine Lodge 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. 98 of the 114 active systems in Transylvania County (86%) are also privately owned.

Does Earthshine Lodge 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 2013. The violations listed here began between March 2003 and July 2013. By type: 8 monitoring and reporting and 4 public notice, recordkeeping or other. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Total coliform bacteria (TCR) (7 of them). EPA lists 11 as resolved and 1 as archived. 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.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2013-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2013-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2013-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved
2012-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
2011-01-08	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2009-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2009-02-19	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2008-10-15	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2007-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2007-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2005-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2003-03-12	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation without NPDWR Violation · code 76	Public Noticecode 7500	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.

Earthshine Lodge: frequently asked questions

Who runs Earthshine Lodge?

Earthshine Lodge (PWSID NC0188561) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NC state drinking water program.

How many people does Earthshine Lodge serve?

Earthshine Lodge reports serving 100 people through 4 service connections in Transylvania County, North Carolina.

Where does Earthshine Lodge 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 Earthshine Lodge 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 2013. 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 Earthshine Lodge'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 2013. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the NC state drinking water program.

Where can I find Earthshine Lodge's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Earthshine Lodge 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 Transylvania County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Brevard, City of	Transylvania	11,336	Community	Surface water
Connestee Falls	Transylvania	3,532	Community	Groundwater
Sapphire Lakes Development	Transylvania	724	Community	Groundwater
Sherwood Forest Water System	Transylvania	680	Community	Groundwater
Rosman, Town of	Transylvania	650	Community	Groundwater
The Wilds Camp	Transylvania	450	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, “Earthshine Lodge, PWSID NC0188561, North Carolina”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/north-carolina/earthshine-lodge-nc0188561 (data as of October 1, 2026).