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Jones Fish Camp

At a glance

Jones Fish Camp (PWSID NC0118528) is an active transient non-community water system in Catawba 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. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2008.

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

PWSIDNC0118528

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served150

Service connections1

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyNC state drinking water program

City servedDenver

StateNorth Carolina

ZIP—

CountyCatawba County

How does Jones Fish Camp compare with other water systems in Catawba County?

By EPA's size categories, Jones Fish Camp is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Catawba County has 148 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 956 people per system, and accounts for 0.1% of the 141,420 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 Jones Fish Camp 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 Jones Fish Camp?

EPA lists Jones Fish Camp 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. 136 of the 148 active systems in Catawba County (92%) are also privately owned.

Does Jones Fish Camp have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2008. The violations listed here began between January 2003 and October 2008. By type: 7 monitoring and reporting and 5 public notice, recordkeeping or other. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Public Notice (5 of them). EPA lists 12 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
2008-10-15	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2008-03-21	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2007-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2006-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2006-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved
2005-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2004-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2004-05-18	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation without NPDWR Violation · code 76	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2004-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved
2003-08-13	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation without NPDWR Violation · code 76	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2003-05-07	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation without NPDWR Violation · code 76	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2003-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	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.

Jones Fish Camp: frequently asked questions

Who runs Jones Fish Camp?

Jones Fish Camp (PWSID NC0118528) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NC state drinking water program.

How many people does Jones Fish Camp serve?

Jones Fish Camp reports serving 150 people through 1 service connection in Catawba County, North Carolina.

Where does Jones Fish Camp 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 Jones Fish Camp 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 October 2008. 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 Jones Fish Camp'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 October 2008. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the NC state drinking water program.

Where can I find Jones Fish Camp's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Jones Fish Camp 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 Catawba County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Hickory City of	Catawba	71,393	Community	Surface water
Newton, City of	Catawba	18,407	Community	Surface water
Conover, City of	Catawba	15,347	Community	Purchased surface water
Maiden, Town of	Catawba	5,563	Community	Purchased surface water
Longview, Town of	Catawba	5,244	Community	Purchased surface water
Southeast Catawba County	Catawba	5,080	Community	Purchased 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, “Jones Fish Camp, PWSID NC0118528, North Carolina”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/north-carolina/jones-fish-camp-nc0118528 (data as of October 1, 2026).