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Avery County, North Carolina: drinking water records
This overview covers 8 ZIP codes and 19 community water systems in Avery County. It also stands in for 5 ZIP codes whose utility has too little EPA data for a page of its own.
System population figures are summed from EPA registry records and can overlap where wholesalers and retail systems serve the same people. They are not a Census county-population estimate.
Water systems with the most complete records
| Water system | People served | PFAS survey results | PFAS found | Health-based violations | Lead, 9 in 10 homes at or below |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linville Land Harbor NC0106104 | 2,280 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 ppb |
| Newland, Town of NC0106020 | 999 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 ppb |
| Elk River Club Development NC0106118 | 732 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 ppb |
| Linville Resorts INC NC0106105 | 499 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 ppb |
| Blue Ridge Village NC0106116 | 343 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 ppb |
| Crossnore, Town of NC0106010 | 195 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 ppb |
| Dover Bridge Park MD0050209 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 ppb |
| Lees-Mcrae -South Campus NC0106422 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 ppb |
| The Heritage of Sugar Mountain NC0106121 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 ppb |
| Sugar Mountain Utility NC0106107 | 3,226 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Banner Elk, Town of NC0106015 | 1,164 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Linville Ridge NC0106117 | 710 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 ppb |
| Elk Park, Town of NC0106025 | 495 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Charles a Cannon Memorial Hospital NC0106123 | 320 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Grandfather Golf & Country Clu NC0106108 | 250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Mountain Spring Water System NC0106114 | 165 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Ski Country NC0106119 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Linville River Farms NC1006005 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 ppb |
| Woodland Meadows NC0106124 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
ZIP reports in Avery County
No ZIP report in this county is published yet.
These ZIP codes are covered by this overview because their utility has too little EPA data for a separate page: 28646, 28652, 28653, 28662, 28664.
Sources and scope
EPA UCMR 5 occurrence data, samples collected 2023-01-03 – 2026-06-17, final release, August 2026 (file dated Aug 28, 2026); EPA SDWIS via ECHO, 2026Q2 extract (file dated Jul 9, 2026); EPA service-area boundaries v3.0; Census 2020 ZCTAs. Page generated 2026-09-03.
Counts cover the systems that report this county to EPA. A water system may cross county lines. "Found" means at least one result at or above the laboratory reporting level; it is not a compliance finding.