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Park Vista Diner

At a glance

Park Vista Diner (PWSID NC0105450) is an active transient non-community water system in Ashe County, North Carolina. It reports serving 25 people through 2 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 February 2010.

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

Population served

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDNC0105450

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served25

Service connections2

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyNC state drinking water program

City servedWest Jefferson

StateNorth Carolina

ZIP—

CountyAshe County

How does Park Vista Diner compare with other water systems in Ashe County?

By EPA's size categories, Park Vista Diner is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Ashe County has 37 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 199 people per system, and accounts for 0.3% of the 7,370 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 Park Vista Diner is well 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 Park Vista Diner?

EPA lists Park Vista Diner 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. 24 of the 37 active systems in Ashe County (65%) are also privately owned.

Does Park Vista Diner have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in February 2010. The violations listed here began between April 2008 and February 2010. By type: 6 public notice, recordkeeping or other and 6 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Public Notice (6 of them). EPA lists 11 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.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2010-02-11	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2009-10-30	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2009-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2009-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2009-05-29	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2009-04-19	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2009-02-19	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2009-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Archived
2008-10-15	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2008-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2008-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2008-04-01	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.

Park Vista Diner: frequently asked questions

Who runs Park Vista Diner?

Park Vista Diner (PWSID NC0105450) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NC state drinking water program.

How many people does Park Vista Diner serve?

Park Vista Diner reports serving 25 people through 2 service connections in Ashe County, North Carolina.

Where does Park Vista Diner 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 Park Vista Diner 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 February 2010. 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 Park Vista Diner'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 February 2010. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the NC state drinking water program.

Where can I find Park Vista Diner's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Park Vista Diner 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 Ashe County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Jefferson, Town of	Ashe	1,740	Community	Surface water
West Jefferson, Town of	Ashe	1,321	Community	Groundwater under influence of surface water
Jefferson Landing	Ashe	653	Community	Groundwater
Ashe County Middle School	Ashe	520	Non-transient non-community	Groundwater
Fleetwood Falls Water System	Ashe	519	Community	Groundwater
Blue Ridge Elem School	Ashe	410	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, “Park Vista Diner, PWSID NC0105450, North Carolina”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/north-carolina/park-vista-diner-nc0105450 (data as of October 1, 2026).