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Riverside Apartments

At a glance

Riverside Apartments (PWSID NC0150192) is an active community water system in Jackson County, North Carolina. It reports serving 89 people through 35 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 April 2023.

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

Population served

89

Service connections

35

Primary source

GW

Groundwater

System type

CWS

Community water system

System record

PWSIDNC0150192
System typeCommunity water system
Activity statusActive
Population served89
Service connections35
Primary water sourceGroundwater
Owner typePrivate
Primacy agencyNC state drinking water program
City servedCullowhee
StateNorth Carolina
ZIP—
CountyJackson County

How does Riverside Apartments compare with other water systems in Jackson County?

By EPA's size categories, Riverside Apartments is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Jackson County has 111 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 319 people per system, and accounts for 0.3% of the 35,403 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 Riverside Apartments 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. 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 Riverside Apartments?

EPA lists Riverside Apartments 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. 103 of the 111 active systems in Jackson County (93%) are also privately owned.

Does Riverside Apartments have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in April 2023. The violations listed here began between April 2014 and April 2023. By type: 7 monitoring and reporting, 4 public notice, recordkeeping or other and 1 reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Consumer Confidence Rule (2 of them). EPA lists 11 as resolved and 1 as addressed. 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. Addressed means the violation is not resolved or archived and is covered by formal enforcement.

BeganViolationContaminant or ruleHealth-basedStatus
2023-04-11ReportingReport Sample Result/Fail Monitor (RTCR) · code 4BRevised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000NoResolved
2023-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27Haloacetic acids (HAA5)code 2456NoResolved
2023-01-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)code 2950NoResolved
2021-07-01Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Complete Failure to Report · code 71Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000NoResolved
2016-01-01Monitoring and reportingLead Consumer Notice · code 66Lead and Copper Rulecode 5000NoResolved
2015-07-31Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75Public Noticecode 7500NoAddressed
2014-07-01Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Complete Failure to Report · code 71Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000NoResolved
2014-06-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoResolved
2014-05-09Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Source Water (GWR) · code 34E. colicode 3014NoResolved
2014-05-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Minor (TCR) · code 24Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100NoResolved
2014-04-18Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75Public Noticecode 7500NoResolved
2014-04-01Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27Chlorinecode 0999NoResolved

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.

Riverside Apartments: frequently asked questions

Who runs Riverside Apartments?

Riverside Apartments (PWSID NC0150192) is a community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NC state drinking water program.

How many people does Riverside Apartments serve?

Riverside Apartments reports serving 89 people through 35 service connections in Jackson County, North Carolina.

Where does Riverside Apartments 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 Riverside Apartments 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 April 2023. 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 Riverside Apartments' 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 April 2023. For current results, consult the system's annual water quality report, EPA ECHO, or the NC state drinking water program.

Where can I find Riverside Apartments' water quality report?

As a community water system, Riverside Apartments 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 Jackson County

Water systemCountyPopulation servedTypeSource
Western Carolina Univ WTPJackson7,800CommunitySurface water
Tuckaseigee Water & Sewer AuthJackson7,528CommunitySurface water
Fairfield SapphireJackson3,873CommunityGroundwater
Whiteside Brewing CompanyJackson850Transient non-communityGroundwater
Hh Water, LLCJackson770CommunityGroundwater
Great Smoky Mountain Camp & Rv ParkJackson638Transient 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, “Riverside Apartments, PWSID NC0150192, North Carolina”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/north-carolina/riverside-apartments-nc0150192 (data as of October 1, 2026).