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Piney Knob Baptist Church

At a glance

Piney Knob Baptist Church (PWSID NC0181502) is an active transient non-community water system in Rutherford County, North Carolina. It reports serving 100 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 November 2005.

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

Population served

100

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDNC0181502

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served100

Service connections2

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyNC state drinking water program

City servedUnion Mills

StateNorth Carolina

ZIP—

CountyRutherford County

How does Piney Knob Baptist Church compare with other water systems in Rutherford County?

By EPA's size categories, Piney Knob Baptist Church is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Rutherford County has 60 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 929 people per system, and accounts for 0.2% of the 55,748 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 Piney Knob Baptist Church is about 31% 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 Piney Knob Baptist Church?

EPA lists Piney Knob Baptist Church 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. 52 of the 60 active systems in Rutherford County (87%) are also privately owned.

Does Piney Knob Baptist Church have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in November 2005. The violations listed here began between January 2003 and November 2005. By type: 8 public notice, recordkeeping or other and 4 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Public Notice (8 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
2005-11-20	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation without NPDWR Violation · code 76	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2004-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2004-02-29	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation without NPDWR Violation · code 76	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2004-02-10	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation without NPDWR Violation · code 76	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2003-11-09	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation without NPDWR Violation · code 76	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2003-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2003-08-13	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation without NPDWR Violation · code 76	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2003-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2003-05-07	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation without NPDWR Violation · code 76	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2003-02-22	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation without NPDWR Violation · code 76	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2003-02-16	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.

Piney Knob Baptist Church: frequently asked questions

Who runs Piney Knob Baptist Church?

Piney Knob Baptist Church (PWSID NC0181502) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NC state drinking water program.

How many people does Piney Knob Baptist Church serve?

Piney Knob Baptist Church reports serving 100 people through 2 service connections in Rutherford County, North Carolina.

Where does Piney Knob Baptist Church 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 Piney Knob Baptist Church 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 November 2005. 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 Piney Knob Baptist Church'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 November 2005. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the NC state drinking water program.

Where can I find Piney Knob Baptist Church's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Piney Knob Baptist Church 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 Rutherford County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Forest City, Town of	Rutherford	21,521	Community	Surface water
Broad River Water Authority	Rutherford	18,242	Community	Surface water
Ellenboro Town of	Rutherford	2,322	Community	Purchased surface water
Concord Comm Water System	Rutherford	1,867	Community	Purchased surface water
Fairfield Mountains No 1	Rutherford	1,798	Community	Groundwater
Lake Lure, Town of	Rutherford	1,176	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, “Piney Knob Baptist Church, PWSID NC0181502, North Carolina”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/north-carolina/piney-knob-baptist-church-nc0181502 (data as of October 1, 2026).