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Fairfield Apartments

At a glance

Fairfield Apartments (PWSID NC0145149) is an active community water system in Henderson County, North Carolina. It reports serving 56 people through 22 service connections. Its primary water source is purchased surface water, and EPA lists it as privately owned. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, one is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2024.

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

Population served

Service connections

Primary source

SWP

Purchased surface water

System type

CWS

Community water system

System record

PWSIDNC0145149

System typeCommunity water system

Activity statusActive

Population served56

Service connections22

Primary water sourcePurchased surface water

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyNC state drinking water program

City servedFletcher

StateNorth Carolina

ZIP—

CountyHenderson County

How does Fairfield Apartments compare with other water systems in Henderson County?

By EPA's size categories, Fairfield Apartments is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Henderson County has 106 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 889 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 94,234 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 Fairfield Apartments 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. Purchased surface water means the system buys surface water from another public water system rather than drawing its own. 331 North Carolina systems (6.5%) list purchased surface water as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Fairfield Apartments?

EPA lists Fairfield Apartments 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. 101 of the 106 active systems in Henderson County (95%) are also privately owned.

Does Fairfield Apartments have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, one is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2024. The violations listed here began between June 2009 and July 2024. By type: 6 public notice, recordkeeping or other, 3 monitoring and reporting, 2 reporting and 1 required treatment not met. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Lead and Copper Rule (4 of them). EPA lists 11 as resolved 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. Addressed means the violation is not resolved or archived and is covered by formal enforcement.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2024-07-01	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Complete Failure to Report · code 71	Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000	No	Resolved
2023-10-01	Monitoring and reportingLead Consumer Notice · code 66	Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000	No	Addressed
2019-10-11	ReportingReport Sample Result/Fail Monitor (RTCR) · code 4B	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2019-10-01	Monitoring and reportingLead Consumer Notice · code 66	Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000	No	Resolved
2019-08-07	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2018-07-01	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Complete Failure to Report · code 71	Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000	No	Resolved
2018-07-01	Monitoring and reportingFollow-up Or Routine LCR Tap M/R · code 52	Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000	No	Resolved
2016-08-11	ReportingReport Sample Result/Fail Monitor (RTCR) · code 4B	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2014-03-19	Required treatment not metOCCT/SOWT Treatment Installation/Demonstration · code 58	Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000	Yes	Resolved
2010-03-13	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2009-07-01	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Complete Failure to Report · code 71	Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000	No	Resolved
2009-06-04	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	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.

Fairfield Apartments: frequently asked questions

Who runs Fairfield Apartments?

Fairfield Apartments (PWSID NC0145149) is a community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NC state drinking water program.

How many people does Fairfield Apartments serve?

Fairfield Apartments reports serving 56 people through 22 service connections in Henderson County, North Carolina.

Where does Fairfield Apartments get its water?

EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as purchased surface water. Purchased surface water means the system buys surface water from another public water system rather than drawing its own.

Does Fairfield Apartments have any drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, one is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2024. 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 Fairfield Apartments' 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, one is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2024. For current results, consult the system's annual water quality report, EPA ECHO, or the NC state drinking water program.

Where can I find Fairfield Apartments' water quality report?

As a community water system, Fairfield Apartments 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 Henderson County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Hendersonville, City of	Henderson	79,278	Community	Surface water
Grace Community Church	Henderson	1,000	Transient non-community	Groundwater
Fletcher Academy Inc.	Henderson	790	Community	Groundwater
High Vista Estates	Henderson	775	Community	Purchased surface water
Camp Blue Star	Henderson	600	Transient non-community	Groundwater
Camp Greystone	Henderson	500	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, “Fairfield Apartments, PWSID NC0145149, North Carolina”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/north-carolina/fairfield-apartments-nc0145149 (data as of October 1, 2026).