Public water system · NC0144496

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Twisted Spoke Restaurant

At a glance

Twisted Spoke Restaurant (PWSID NC0144496) is an active transient non-community water system in Haywood County, North Carolina. It reports serving 50 people through 5 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 2025.

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

PWSIDNC0144496

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served50

Service connections5

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyNC state drinking water program

City servedMaggie Valley

StateNorth Carolina

ZIP—

CountyHaywood County

How does Twisted Spoke Restaurant compare with other water systems in Haywood County?

By EPA's size categories, Twisted Spoke Restaurant is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Haywood County has 58 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 965 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 55,957 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 Twisted Spoke Restaurant is about 65% 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 Twisted Spoke Restaurant?

EPA lists Twisted Spoke Restaurant 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. 45 of the 58 active systems in Haywood County (78%) are also privately owned.

Does Twisted Spoke Restaurant 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 2025. The violations listed here began between August 2016 and February 2025. By type: 5 monitoring, 4 public notice, recordkeeping or other and 3 monitoring and reporting. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (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
2025-02-22	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2023-10-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2023-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved
2021-05-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2021-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved
2020-07-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2019-10-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2018-07-29	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2018-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Regular · code 03	Nitratecode 1040	No	Resolved
2017-04-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2017-02-08	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Resolved
2016-08-06	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	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.

Twisted Spoke Restaurant: frequently asked questions

Who runs Twisted Spoke Restaurant?

Twisted Spoke Restaurant (PWSID NC0144496) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the NC state drinking water program.

How many people does Twisted Spoke Restaurant serve?

Twisted Spoke Restaurant reports serving 50 people through 5 service connections in Haywood County, North Carolina.

Where does Twisted Spoke Restaurant 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 Twisted Spoke Restaurant 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 2025. 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 Twisted Spoke Restaurant'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 2025. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the NC state drinking water program.

Where can I find Twisted Spoke Restaurant's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Twisted Spoke Restaurant 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 Haywood County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Waynesville, Town of	Haywood	19,758	Community	Surface water
Maggie Valley Sanitary Dist	Haywood	9,629	Community	Surface water
Canton, Town of	Haywood	7,850	Community	Surface water
Junaluska Sanitary District	Haywood	5,138	Community	Purchased surface water
Clyde, Town of	Haywood	3,228	Community	Purchased surface water
Lake Junaluska Assembly	Haywood	2,273	Community	Purchased surface water

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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, “Twisted Spoke Restaurant, PWSID NC0144496, North Carolina”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/north-carolina/twisted-spoke-restaurant-nc0144496 (data as of October 1, 2026).