Public water system · NC0285525

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Foot Hills Market & Grill Inc.

At a glance

Foot Hills Market & Grill Inc. (PWSID NC0285525) is an active transient non-community water system in Stokes County, North Carolina. It reports serving 25 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, 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 September 2024.

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

Population served

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDNC0285525

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served25

Service connections1

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyNC state drinking water program

City servedMadison

StateNorth Carolina

ZIP—

CountyStokes County

How does Foot Hills Market & Grill Inc. compare with other water systems in Stokes County?

By EPA's size categories, Foot Hills Market & Grill Inc. is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Stokes County has 48 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 647 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 31,042 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 Foot Hills Market & Grill Inc. is well 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 Foot Hills Market & Grill Inc.?

EPA lists Foot Hills Market & Grill Inc. 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. 34 of the 48 active systems in Stokes County (71%) are also privately owned.

Does Foot Hills Market & Grill Inc. have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, one is health-based, and the most recent began in September 2024. The violations listed here began between July 2019 and September 2024. By type: 8 monitoring, 2 public notice, recordkeeping or other, 1 reporting and 1 required treatment not met. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (10 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
2024-09-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2024-03-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2023-09-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2022-07-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2022-01-30	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2021-07-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2021-04-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2021-01-11	ReportingReport Sample Result/Fail Monitor (RTCR) · code 4B	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2019-10-13	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2019-10-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2019-09-05	Required treatment not metTreatment Technique, Level 1 Assessment (RTCR) · code 2A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	Yes	Addressed
2019-07-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Additional Routine (RTCR) · code 3B	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	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.

Foot Hills Market & Grill Inc.: frequently asked questions

Who runs Foot Hills Market & Grill Inc.?

Foot Hills Market & Grill Inc. (PWSID NC0285525) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NC state drinking water program.

How many people does Foot Hills Market & Grill Inc. serve?

Foot Hills Market & Grill Inc. reports serving 25 people through 1 service connection in Stokes County, North Carolina.

Where does Foot Hills Market & Grill Inc. 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 Foot Hills Market & Grill Inc. 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 September 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 Foot Hills Market & Grill Inc.'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, one is health-based, and the most recent began in September 2024. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the NC state drinking water program.

Where can I find Foot Hills Market & Grill Inc.'s water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Foot Hills Market & Grill Inc. 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 Stokes County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
King, City of	Stokes	23,370	Community	Surface water
Walnut Cove, Town of	Stokes	2,210	Community	Purchased surface water
Stokes County Water & Sewer Auth	Stokes	420	Community	Purchased surface water
The Vineyard Inc.	Stokes	300	Transient non-community	Groundwater
Ymca Camp John Hanes	Stokes	300	Transient non-community	Groundwater
Stokes County-Meadows Water System	Stokes	288	Non-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, “Foot Hills Market & Grill Inc., PWSID NC0285525, North Carolina”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/north-carolina/foot-hills-market-grill-inc-nc0285525 (data as of October 1, 2026).