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Burke County, North Carolina: drinking water records
This overview covers 9 ZIP codes and 17 community water systems in Burke County. It also stands in for 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Icard Township Water Corp NC0112060 | 7,821 | 240 | 0 | 1 | 0 ppb |
| Morganton City of NC0112015 | 27,221 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Valdese, Town of NC0112010 | 13,571 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Brentwood Water Association NC0112103 | 6,038 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Brentwood-Jamestown Road NC0112104 | 6,035 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Rutherford College Town of NC0112055 | 2,083 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 ppb |
| Jonas Ridge Rest Home NC0112149 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 ppb |
| Rhodhiss Town of Henry St NC1012017 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 ppb |
| Burke Co. Water-South NC0112075 | 5,207 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Drexel Town of NC0112045 | 3,302 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Burke Co-Airport Rhodhiss NC0112080 | 559 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Burke County Omara NC0112065 | 350 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| East Shores S/D NC0112148 | 350 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Gingercake Acres NC0112109 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 ppb |
| Pine Mountain Lakes S/D NC0112133 | 239 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| South Mountain Childrens Home NC0112426 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Cliftwood West Water System NC0112144 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
ZIP reports in Burke 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: 28619, 28641.
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.