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Meadow Grove Baptist Ch

At a glance

Meadow Grove Baptist Ch (PWSID NC0122422) is an active transient non-community water system in Clay County, North Carolina. It reports serving 300 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 7 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in February 2013.

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

Population served

300

Service connections

1

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDNC0122422
System typeTransient non-community water system
Activity statusActive
Population served300
Service connections1
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyNC state drinking water program
City servedHayesville
StateNorth Carolina
ZIP—
CountyClay County

How does Meadow Grove Baptist Ch compare with other water systems in Clay County?

By EPA's size categories, Meadow Grove Baptist Ch is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Clay County has 28 active public water systems, and Meadow Grove Baptist Ch is the 2nd-largest of them by population served. Its population served is about twice the county average of 147 people per system, and accounts for 7.3% of the 4,115 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 Meadow Grove Baptist Ch is about twice 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 Meadow Grove Baptist Ch?

EPA lists Meadow Grove Baptist Ch 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. 20 of the 28 active systems in Clay County (71%) are also privately owned.

Does Meadow Grove Baptist Ch have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 7 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in February 2013. The violations listed here began between January 2011 and February 2013. By type: 5 monitoring and reporting and 2 public notice, recordkeeping or other. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Total coliform bacteria (TCR) (3 of them). EPA lists 6 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.

BeganViolationContaminant or ruleHealth-basedStatus
2013-02-15Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75Public Noticecode 7500NoResolved
2012-09-23Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75Public Noticecode 7500NoResolved
2011-10-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoResolved
2011-07-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoResolved
2011-04-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoArchived
2011-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Nitritecode 1041NoResolved
2011-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03Nitratecode 1040NoResolved

All 7 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.

Meadow Grove Baptist Ch: frequently asked questions

Who runs Meadow Grove Baptist Ch?

Meadow Grove Baptist Ch (PWSID NC0122422) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NC state drinking water program.

How many people does Meadow Grove Baptist Ch serve?

Meadow Grove Baptist Ch reports serving 300 people through 1 service connection in Clay County, North Carolina.

Where does Meadow Grove Baptist Ch 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 Meadow Grove Baptist Ch have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 7 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in February 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 Meadow Grove Baptist Ch'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 7 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in February 2013. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the NC state drinking water program.

Where can I find Meadow Grove Baptist Ch's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Meadow Grove Baptist Ch 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 Clay County

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
Clay Co Water & Sewer DistrictClay1,965CommunityGroundwater
Chatuge VillageClay267CommunityGroundwater
Mt Pleasant Baptist ChurchClay175Transient non-communityGroundwater
The Ridges at Mountain HarborClay160CommunityGroundwater
Eagle'S View S/DClay127CommunityGroundwater
Hinton Rural Life Center Inc.Clay120Transient non-communityGroundwater

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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, “Meadow Grove Baptist Ch, PWSID NC0122422, North Carolina”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/north-carolina/meadow-grove-baptist-ch-nc0122422 (data as of October 1, 2026).