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Sundown Cove

At a glance

Sundown Cove (PWSID NC2049006) is an active community water system in Iredell County, North Carolina. It reports serving 246 people through 97 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; 6 are health-based, and the most recent began in April 2007.

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

Population served

246

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

CWS

Community water system

System record

PWSIDNC2049006

System typeCommunity water system

Activity statusActive

Population served246

Service connections97

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyNC state drinking water program

City servedMooresville

StateNorth Carolina

ZIP—

CountyIredell County

How does Sundown Cove compare with other water systems in Iredell County?

By EPA's size categories, Sundown Cove is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Iredell County has 123 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 1,163 people per system, and accounts for 0.2% of the 143,044 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 Sundown Cove 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 Sundown Cove?

EPA lists Sundown Cove 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. 113 of the 123 active systems in Iredell County (92%) are also privately owned.

Does Sundown Cove have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; 6 are health-based, and the most recent began in April 2007. The violations listed here began between October 2004 and April 2007. By type: 6 contaminant level above the legal limit, 4 public notice, recordkeeping or other and 1 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Combined Uranium (6 of them). EPA lists 11 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
2007-04-13	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2006-04-23	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2006-03-27	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2006-01-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average · code 02	Combined Uraniumcode 4006	Yes	Resolved
2005-12-03	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2005-10-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Combined Radium (-226 and -228)code 4010	No	Resolved
2005-10-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average · code 02	Combined Uraniumcode 4006	Yes	Resolved
2005-07-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average · code 02	Combined Uraniumcode 4006	Yes	Resolved
2005-04-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average · code 02	Combined Uraniumcode 4006	Yes	Resolved
2005-01-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Single Sample · code 01	Combined Uraniumcode 4006	Yes	Resolved
2004-10-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Average · code 02	Combined Uraniumcode 4006	Yes	Resolved

All 11 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.

Sundown Cove: frequently asked questions

Who runs Sundown Cove?

Sundown Cove (PWSID NC2049006) is a community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NC state drinking water program.

How many people does Sundown Cove serve?

Sundown Cove reports serving 246 people through 97 service connections in Iredell County, North Carolina.

Where does Sundown Cove 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 Sundown Cove have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 11 violations for this system; 6 are health-based, and the most recent began in April 2007. 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 Sundown Cove'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 11 violations for this system; 6 are health-based, and the most recent began in April 2007. For current results, consult the system's annual water quality report, EPA ECHO, or the NC state drinking water program.

Where can I find Sundown Cove's water quality report?

As a community water system, Sundown Cove 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 Iredell County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Mooresville Town of	Iredell	52,509	Community	Surface water
Statesville, City of	Iredell	30,843	Community	Surface water
Iredell Water Corporation	Iredell	27,173	Community	Purchased surface water
Troutman, Town of	Iredell	9,562	Community	Purchased surface water
Harbour Point S/D	Iredell	3,909	Community	Purchased surface water
Diamond Head S/D	Iredell	1,433	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, “Sundown Cove, PWSID NC2049006, North Carolina”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/north-carolina/sundown-cove-nc2049006 (data as of October 1, 2026).