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McDowell County, North Carolina: drinking water records
This overview covers 4 ZIP codes and 21 community water systems in McDowell County. It also stands in for 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion, City of NC0156010 | 9,362 | 120 | 0 | 1 | 0 ppb |
| Old Fort, Town of NC0156025 | 1,700 | 120 | 1 | 1 | 0 ppb |
| Marion Moose Lodge NC0156132 | 320 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 ppb |
| Little Switzerland Comm Assoc NC0156105 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 ppb |
| Deer Park Health & Rehab. NC0156125 | 290 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 ppb |
| Marion Moose Lodge-Mountain NC0156133 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 ppb |
| Linville Falls Club NC1056001 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 ppb |
| Harmony Estates S/D NC0156136 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 ppb |
| Cedarbrook Residential Home NC0156126 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 ppb |
| Lake James Lodge Assisted Livi NC0156107 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 ppb |
| Swiss Village Wtr System NC0156112 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 ppb |
| White Pines MHP NC0156122 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 ppb |
| Houston House Rest Home NC0156127 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 ppb |
| Mcdowell House Rest Home NC1056009 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 ppb |
| Mcdowell Co--Nebo NC1056032 | 902 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Riverside MHP NC0156135 | 399 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Black Bear Development NC1056031 | 343 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Woodlawn Heights Water System NC0156128 | 315 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Waterglyn S/D NC0156134 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Recovery Ventures Corporation NC1056029 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 ppb |
| Sunset Point S/D NC1056013 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 ppb |
ZIP reports in McDowell County
No ZIP report in this county is published yet.
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.