Is Firefly Cove Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Rutherford

Compliance record

Formal violations the EPA has on file for this supplier. A health-based violation means a contaminant limit or a required treatment was breached; the rest are monitoring or reporting failures — still violations, but not a measured health risk.

health-based violations

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2024-10-17
TT	Health-based	Resolved	2024-10-17
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-10-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-10-01
MR	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-10-01
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2025-07-01
RPT	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-10-17
RPT	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-10-17
Other	Monitoring	Resolved	2024-07-01
MR	Monitoring	Addressed	2022-10-01

Other contaminants detected

Each bar shows the measured level as a share of the EPA limit: green is well under, amber is close to it, red is over. For lead and copper the limit applies to exactly the 90th-percentile figure shown, so red there means a real exceedance. For everything else the limit applies to a running annual average while the figure is the 95th percentile of this system's samples — over 100% is worth reading, but is not by itself a violation. Where a single sample came in higher than that percentile, it is noted under the bar. Formal violations are listed separately.

Contaminant	Level vs EPA limit	Detection rate	Source	Period
Lead	0.0155 mg/L 103% above the EPA limit of 0.0150 mg/L	27/27	LCR	2026
Copper	185.1 µg/L 14% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 197 µg/L	18/75	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	15.6 µg/L 104% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 15 µg/L worst single sample: 16 µg/L	9/75	SYR4	2012–2019
Combined Uranium	18.5356 µg/L 62% of the EPA limit 30 µg/L worst single sample: 20.711 µg/L	5/6	SYR4	2012–2018
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U	6.405 pCi/L 43% of the EPA limit 15 pCi/L worst single sample: 6.6 pCi/L	4/5	SYR4	2012–2015
Fluoride	512 µg/L 13% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 520 µg/L	3/3	SYR4	2012–2018
Gross Beta Particle Activity	14.75 pCi/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 15.7 pCi/L	3/5	SYR4	2012–2015
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	1.485 pCi/L 30% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L worst single sample: 1.5 pCi/L	2/5	SYR4	2012–2018
Nitrate	1500 µg/L 15% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	2/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	1.303 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/3	SYR4	2014–2017
Monochloroacetic Acid	3 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/3	SYR4	2014–2017
TTHM	1 µg/L 1.3% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L	1/4	SYR4	2013–2017
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	4 µg/L 6.7% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L	1/4	SYR4	2013–2017
Trichloroacetic Acid	1 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/3	SYR4	2014–2017

65 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane2,4,5-TP2,4-DAntimony, TotalArsenicAsbestosAtrazineBhc-GammaBariumBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalBromodichloromethaneBromoformChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneChloroformChromiumDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDi(2-ethylhexyl) PhthalateDibromoacetic AcidDichloroacetic AcidDinosebEthylene DibromideEndrinEthylbenzeneHexachlorobenzeneHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorMonobromoacetic AcidNitriteOxamylPentachlorophenolPicloramSeleniumSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)ToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: LINDSEY, DEAN
Phone: 828-772-6134
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Firefly Cove

Is Firefly Cove tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 14 contaminants in Firefly Cove's water. A detection isn't the same as a violation — most levels are within federal limits. See each level and source above, and the utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report for its official compliance status.

What contaminants were detected in Firefly Cove's water?

EPA monitoring detected Lead, Copper, Lead, Combined Uranium, Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Firefly Cove serve?

Firefly Cove reports serving 99 people in North Carolina, per its EPA record.

Has Firefly Cove had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 54 violations on file for Firefly Cove, of which 2 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 2 remain open. The rest are monitoring or reporting failures.

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is official EPA drinking-water monitoring — the Lead & Copper Rule, the UCMR-5 nationwide testing program, and the EPA Six-Year Review — not our own testing. Each number is labelled with its source and period.