Water Quality in Boone, NC (28607)
EPA violation data for public water systems serving ZIP code 28607.
Active Health Violations
18 health-based violations found in the past 5 years, with at least one still unresolved. Contaminant levels have exceeded federal safety limits. Consider testing your tap water independently.
More violations than 95% of US ZIP codes.
Based on EPA compliance data. Not a substitute for an official water quality report from your utility.
35,679
Population
88
Water Systems
89
Violations (5yr)
18
Health-Based
Location
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Water Systems Serving This Area (88)
Boone, Town Of
All resolved Surface water 19,811 people served
2 violations (5yr)
· All resolved
Lead tested: 2.5 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Appalachian State Univ Wtp
1 health-based Surface water 11,150 people served
5 violations (5yr)
· 1 health-based · All resolved
Lead tested: 0 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Blue Ridge Mtn Club
Groundwater 685 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 0 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Parkway Elem School
1 health-based Groundwater 629 people served
4 violations (5yr)
· 1 health-based · All resolved
Lead tested: 0 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Valle Crucis Elem School
1 health-based Groundwater 410 people served
3 violations (5yr)
· 1 health-based · All resolved
Lead tested: 0 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Valle Crucis Elementary School
Groundwater 400 people served
0 violations
Koa-Campground
Groundwater 352 people served
0 violations
Carroll Leather Goods
Groundwater 350 people served
0 violations
Bradford Park
1 health-based Groundwater 310 people served
5 violations (5yr)
· 1 health-based · All resolved
Lead tested: 0 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
E B Eller Elementary School
Groundwater 275 people served
0 violations
Cove Creek Elementary School
1 health-based Groundwater 273 people served
2 violations (5yr)
· 1 health-based · All resolved
Lead tested: 0 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Green Valley Elem School
1 health-based Groundwater 251 people served
2 violations (5yr)
· 1 health-based · All resolved
Lead tested: 0 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Flintlock Campground
1 health-based Groundwater 245 people served
2 violations (5yr)
· 1 health-based
Grandfather Mountain Campgrd
Groundwater 225 people served
0 violations
Samaritans Purse Conference Center
4 health-based Groundwater 220 people served
5 violations (5yr)
· 4 health-based · All resolved
Lead tested: 2 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Camp Yonahlossee
Groundwater 220 people served
0 violations
Mount Vernon Baptist Church
1 health-based Groundwater 201 people served
23 violations (5yr)
· 1 health-based · All resolved
Lead tested: 0 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Appalachian Christian School
Groundwater 155 people served
0 violations
Blue Ridge Preservation Inc
All resolved Groundwater 150 people served
1 violation (5yr)
· All resolved
Lead tested: 0 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Mabel Elem School
1 health-based Groundwater 137 people served
2 violations (5yr)
· 1 health-based · All resolved
Lead tested: 0 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Bethel Elementary School
1 health-based Groundwater 128 people served
2 violations (5yr)
· 1 health-based · All resolved
Lead tested: 0 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Watauga Co Subsidiary 4660
Groundwater 110 people served
0 violations
Foscoe Family Health Practice
Groundwater 100 people served
0 violations
Meat Camp Serv Stat
Groundwater 100 people served
0 violations
Boone City Of
Groundwater 96 people served
0 violations
Highland Hills Motel
Groundwater 90 people served
0 violations
Martin'S High Country Rentals
Groundwater 90 people served
0 violations
Clawson Water System
Groundwater 84 people served
0 violations
Appalcart Transit Facility
Groundwater 80 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 0 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Mountain Pathways School Annex
1 health-based Groundwater 77 people served
3 violations (5yr)
· 1 health-based · All resolved
Lead tested: 0 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Laurelwood Development
Groundwater 71 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 0 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Wiggins Mhp
Groundwater 71 people served
0 violations
Snowball Ice Cream Parlor
Groundwater 70 people served
0 violations
Western Watauga Community Center
Groundwater 70 people served
0 violations
Lynhill Daycare & Dev Center
Groundwater 68 people served
0 violations
Twin Lakes Campground
Groundwater 65 people served
0 violations
Burma T P
Groundwater 64 people served
0 violations
Perkins Park Inn
Groundwater 62 people served
0 violations
Honeybear Campground Section C&D
All resolved Groundwater 62 people served
1 violation (5yr)
· All resolved
Honeybear Campground Section A&B
All resolved Groundwater 60 people served
1 violation (5yr)
· All resolved
Mountain Pathways School
Groundwater 58 people served
0 violations
Pebble Creek Apartments
1 health-based Groundwater 52 people served
7 violations (5yr)
· 1 health-based
Lead tested: 0 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Appalachian Rv Park
Groundwater 50 people served
0 violations
Bethelview Meth Ch
Surface water 45 people served
0 violations
Westend Condominiums
Groundwater 42 people served
0 violations
Valley Motel
Groundwater 40 people served
0 violations
Valley View S/D
Groundwater 40 people served
0 violations
Lead tested: 0 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Phillips M H P
Groundwater 40 people served
0 violations
Frontier Village #2
Groundwater 40 people served
0 violations
The Bluffs At Blowing Rock
1 health-based Groundwater 38 people served
2 violations (5yr)
· 1 health-based · All resolved
Lead tested: 0 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Hebron Colony
Groundwater 36 people served
0 violations
First Presbyterian Church Of Boone
Groundwater 35 people served
0 violations
Green Briar Apartments
Groundwater 35 people served
4 violations (5yr)
Lead tested: 0 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Dot-Newland Maint
Groundwater 32 people served
0 violations
Waterwheel Rv Pk
All resolved Groundwater 31 people served
3 violations (5yr)
· All resolved
Bloomfield Apartments
1 health-based Groundwater 31 people served
4 violations (5yr)
· 1 health-based · All resolved
Lead tested: 0 ppb (limit: 15 ppb) ✓
Sunset Motel
Groundwater 30 people served
0 violations
Rutherwood Mhp
Groundwater 30 people served
0 violations
Shull Country Store
Groundwater 30 people served
0 violations
The Highland Moors (Well No 1)
Groundwater 30 people served
0 violations
The Highland Moors (Well No 2)
Groundwater 30 people served
0 violations
Quail Ridge Condominiums
Groundwater 28 people served
0 violations
Watauga Wood Products Inc
Groundwater 26 people served
0 violations
Grace Home
Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations
Scottish Inns
Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations
Boone Drug/King Street
Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations
Hollar & Greene Produce
Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations
Gamekeeper
Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations
Hill Top Drive In
Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations
Mountain Dog Coffee
All resolved Groundwater 25 people served
3 violations (5yr)
· All resolved
Oak Grove Baptist Church
Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations
Westwood Apartments
Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations
Country Retreat Fam Billiards
All resolved Groundwater 25 people served
2 violations (5yr)
· All resolved
Mount Vernon Baptist Church
Unknown 25 people served
0 violations
Inn At Crestwood
Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations
Heavenly Mtn Resort-Inn
Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations
Appalachian Student Studios
Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations
Green Valley Townhomes
Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations
Hagaman 76 Station
Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations
Blue Ridge Diner
Groundwater 25 people served
0 violations
Plantation House Head Start
Groundwater 20 people served
0 violations
Mountain Care Facilities
All resolved Groundwater 2 people served
1 violation (5yr)
· All resolved
Wildflower (Well 2)
Groundwater 0
0 violations
Foscoe Country Corner
Groundwater 0
0 violations
Bible Way Baptist Church
Groundwater 0
0 violations
Bethany Lutheran Church
Groundwater 0
0 violations
Captain Jim`S At Hill Top Drive In
Groundwater 0
0 violations
Blue Ridge Vistas
Groundwater 0
0 violations
Contaminants Found
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONSHealth-Based
24 violations
All resolved
Revised Total Coliform RuleHealth-Based
Missed testing deadlines — not a detection of bacteria.
10 violations
All resolved
ArsenicHealth-Based
A naturally occurring element that can cause cancer and other health effects at high levels.
4 violations
All resolved
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Health-Based
3 violations
All resolved
Lead and Copper RuleMonitoring
Lead and copper testing requirement. Lead exposure can cause developmental harm in children.
9 violations
Has active
Consumer Confidence RuleMonitoring
Annual water quality report delivery requirement.
8 violations
All resolved
Public NoticeMonitoring
3 violations
Has active
NitrateMonitoring
At high levels, nitrate can cause blue baby syndrome in infants.
2 violations
All resolved
CARBON, TOTALMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
TTHMMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
ChlordaneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
Xylenes, TotalMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
1,1-DichloroethyleneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
TrichloroethyleneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
DICHLOROMETHANEMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
p-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
EthylbenzeneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
BenzeneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
StyreneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
1,2,4-TrichlorobenzeneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
TolueneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
o-DichlorobenzeneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
TetrachloroethyleneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
CHLOROBENZENEMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
1,1,1-TrichloroethaneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
trans-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
1,1,2-TrichloroethaneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
cis-1,2-DichloroethyleneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
1,2-DichloropropaneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
1,2-DichloroethaneMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
Vinyl chlorideMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
Carbon tetrachlorideMonitoring
1 violation
All resolved
NitriteMonitoring
Similar to nitrate — harmful to infants at high levels.
1 violation
All resolved
Lead & Copper Levels
Lead (Pb)
Within limit0 ppb measured
Action level: 15 ppb
Sampled: Jan 2025
How Does This Compare?
Boone (28607) has more violations than 95% of US ZIP codes. The national average is 18.87 violations per ZIP over 5 years. This ZIP has 89.
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Recommended Water Filters
Based on health-based violations detected in your area, these filter types are commonly used to address similar contaminants. Consult your water utility's Consumer Confidence Report for the most current data.
Reverse Osmosis System
Highly effective at removing heavy metals, dissolved solids, and a wide range of contaminants. Recommended for homes with lead or arsenic concerns.
Targets:Lead, Copper, Arsenic, Mercury, Cadmium
Look for:NSF/ANSI 58 certified
Activated Carbon Filter
Excellent for removing chlorine, chloramine, and disinfection byproducts like THMs and HAAs. Available as pitcher filters, countertop, or under-sink units.
Targets:THMs, HAAs, Chlorine, Chloramine, Taste & Odor
Look for:NSF/ANSI 42 & 53 certified
UV Water Purifier
Uses ultraviolet light to neutralize bacteria, viruses, and parasites without chemicals. Ideal for homes with microbial contamination concerns.
Targets:E. coli, Coliform, Giardia, Cryptosporidium
Look for:NSF/ANSI 55 (Class A) certified
Always look for filters certified by NSF International for the specific contaminants you want to remove. This is general educational information, not an endorsement of any specific product.