Public water system · NC0368451

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Orange Chapel Umc

At a glance

Orange Chapel Umc (PWSID NC0368451) is an active transient non-community water system in Orange County, North Carolina. It reports serving 110 people through 4 service connections. 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 January 2014.

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

Population served

110

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDNC0368451

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served110

Service connections4

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyNC state drinking water program

City servedChapel Hill

StateNorth Carolina

ZIP—

CountyOrange County

How does Orange Chapel Umc compare with other water systems in Orange County?

By EPA's size categories, Orange Chapel Umc is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Orange County has 67 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 1,773 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 118,767 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 Orange Chapel Umc is about 24% 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 Orange Chapel Umc?

EPA lists Orange Chapel Umc 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. 61 of the 67 active systems in Orange County (91%) are also privately owned.

Does Orange Chapel Umc have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in January 2014. The violations listed here began between April 2006 and January 2014. 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
2014-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved
2010-04-01	Monitoring and reportingFailure to Conduct Assessment Monitoring · code 19	E. colicode 3014	No	Resolved
2010-03-01	Monitoring and reportingFailure to Conduct Assessment Monitoring · code 19	E. colicode 3014	No	Resolved
2010-02-01	Monitoring and reportingFailure to Conduct Assessment Monitoring · code 19	E. colicode 3014	No	Resolved
2009-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved
2008-03-21	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2007-12-08	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2007-08-31	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2007-06-24	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2007-03-14	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2006-07-01	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

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.

Orange Chapel Umc: frequently asked questions

Who runs Orange Chapel Umc?

Orange Chapel Umc (PWSID NC0368451) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NC state drinking water program.

How many people does Orange Chapel Umc serve?

Orange Chapel Umc reports serving 110 people through 4 service connections in Orange County, North Carolina.

Where does Orange Chapel Umc 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 Orange Chapel Umc 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 January 2014. 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 Orange Chapel Umc'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 January 2014. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the NC state drinking water program.

Where can I find Orange Chapel Umc's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Orange Chapel Umc 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 Orange County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Orange Water & Sewer Authority	Orange	86,500	Community	Surface water
Hillsborough, Town of	Orange	14,006	Community	Surface water
Orange-Alamance Water System	Orange	9,223	Community	Surface water
Ebenezer Baptist Church	Orange	800	Transient non-community	Groundwater
Stoneridge Master	Orange	681	Community	Groundwater
Carolina Friends School	Orange	566	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, “Orange Chapel Umc, PWSID NC0368451, North Carolina”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/north-carolina/orange-chapel-umc-nc0368451 (data as of October 1, 2026).