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Hickory Grove Baptist Church

At a glance

Hickory Grove Baptist Church (PWSID NC0136672) is an active transient non-community water system in Gaston County, North Carolina. It reports serving 150 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 9 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in April 2004.

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

Population served

150

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDNC0136672

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served150

Service connections1

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyNC state drinking water program

City servedGastonia

StateNorth Carolina

ZIP—

CountyGaston County

How does Hickory Grove Baptist Church compare with other water systems in Gaston County?

By EPA's size categories, Hickory Grove Baptist Church is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Gaston County has 247 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 814 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 201,158 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 Hickory Grove Baptist Church is roughly in line with 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 Hickory Grove Baptist Church?

EPA lists Hickory Grove Baptist Church 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. 225 of the 247 active systems in Gaston County (91%) are also privately owned.

Does Hickory Grove Baptist Church have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 9 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in April 2004. The violations listed here began between January 1999 and April 2004. By type: 4 public notice, recordkeeping or other, 3 monitoring and reporting and 2 contaminant level above the legal limit. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Public Notice (4 of them). EPA lists 9 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.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2004-04-28	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation without NPDWR Violation · code 76	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2004-04-26	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation without NPDWR Violation · code 76	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2004-03-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	Yes	Resolved
2003-02-22	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation without NPDWR Violation · code 76	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2002-11-11	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation without NPDWR Violation · code 76	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2002-09-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	Yes	Resolved
2002-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitritecode 1041	No	Resolved
2000-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitritecode 1041	No	Resolved
1999-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitritecode 1041	No	Resolved

All 9 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.

Hickory Grove Baptist Church: frequently asked questions

Who runs Hickory Grove Baptist Church?

Hickory Grove Baptist Church (PWSID NC0136672) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NC state drinking water program.

How many people does Hickory Grove Baptist Church serve?

Hickory Grove Baptist Church reports serving 150 people through 1 service connection in Gaston County, North Carolina.

Where does Hickory Grove Baptist Church 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 Hickory Grove Baptist Church have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 9 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in April 2004. 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 Hickory Grove Baptist Church'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. EPA's records list 9 violations for this system; 2 are health-based, and the most recent began in April 2004. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the NC state drinking water program.

Where can I find Hickory Grove Baptist Church's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Hickory Grove Baptist Church 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 Gaston County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Two Rivers Utilities	Gaston	96,714	Community	Surface water
Mount Holly, City of	Gaston	19,200	Community	Surface water
Belmont, City of	Gaston	17,477	Community	Surface water
Dallas, Town of	Gaston	8,212	Community	Surface water
Cherryville, City of	Gaston	6,353	Community	Surface water
Bessemer City, City of	Gaston	5,730	Community	Surface water

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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, “Hickory Grove Baptist Church, PWSID NC0136672, North Carolina”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/north-carolina/hickory-grove-baptist-church-nc0136672 (data as of October 1, 2026).