Public water system · NC1057011
ActiveMill Creek Estates Property Owners Asso.
At a glance
Mill Creek Estates Property Owners Asso. (PWSID NC1057011) is an active community water system in Macon County, North Carolina. It reports serving 676 people through 338 service connections. Its primary water source is purchased surface water, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 4 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2021.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
676
Service connections
338
Primary source
SWP
Purchased surface water
System type
CWS
Community water system
System record
How does Mill Creek Estates Property Owners Asso. compare with other water systems in Macon County?
By EPA's size categories, Mill Creek Estates Property Owners Asso. is a small system (501 to 3,300 people). Macon County has 76 active public water systems, and Mill Creek Estates Property Owners Asso. is the 4th-largest of them by population served. Its population served is about twice the county average of 353 people per system, and accounts for 2.5% of the 26,860 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 Mill Creek Estates Property Owners Asso. 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 Mill Creek Estates Property Owners Asso.?
EPA lists Mill Creek Estates Property Owners Asso. 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. 63 of the 76 active systems in Macon County (83%) are also privately owned.
Does Mill Creek Estates Property Owners Asso. have drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 4 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2021. The violations listed here began between July 2019 and July 2021. By type: 2 public notice, recordkeeping or other and 2 monitoring and reporting. The contaminants or rules involved are Consumer Confidence Rule, Public Notice, Haloacetic acids (HAA5) and Total trihalomethanes (TTHM). EPA lists 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-01 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Complete Failure to Report · code 71 | Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000 | No | Resolved |
| 2020-09-18 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75 | Public Noticecode 7500 | No | Resolved |
| 2019-07-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27 | Haloacetic acids (HAA5)code 2456 | No | Resolved |
| 2019-07-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27 | Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)code 2950 | No | Resolved |
All 4 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.
Mill Creek Estates Property Owners Asso.: frequently asked questions
Who runs Mill Creek Estates Property Owners Asso.?
Mill Creek Estates Property Owners Asso. (PWSID NC1057011) is a community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NC state drinking water program.
How many people does Mill Creek Estates Property Owners Asso. serve?
Mill Creek Estates Property Owners Asso. reports serving 676 people through 338 service connections in Macon County, North Carolina.
Where does Mill Creek Estates Property Owners Asso. 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 Mill Creek Estates Property Owners Asso. have any drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 4 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2021. 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 Mill Creek Estates Property Owners Asso.'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 4 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2021. For current results, consult the system's annual water quality report, EPA ECHO, or the NC state drinking water program.
Where can I find Mill Creek Estates Property Owners Asso.'s water quality report?
As a community water system, Mill Creek Estates Property Owners Asso. 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 Macon County
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin, Town of | Macon | 9,650 | Community | Surface water |
| Highlands, Town of | Macon | 6,614 | Community | Surface water |
| Cullasaja Club | Macon | 800 | Community | Groundwater |
| Highlands Falls Country Club | Macon | 650 | Community | Groundwater |
| Wildcat Cliffs Country Club | Macon | 445 | Community | Groundwater |
| Iotla Elem School | Macon | 400 | 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, “Mill Creek Estates Property Owners Asso., PWSID NC1057011, North Carolina”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/north-carolina/mill-creek-estates-property-owners-asso-nc1057011 (data as of October 1, 2026).