County profile · EPA SDWIS + UCMR5
Brunswick County, North Carolina
27 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 234,624 people in Brunswick County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.
- 27
- SDWIS water systems Middle third of counties
- 1,546
- Total violations Middle third of counties
- 96.3%
- SDWIS systems w/ a violation Middle third of counties
- 80.0%
- UCMR5 PFAS rate (5 tested) Upper third of counties with tests
SDWIS compliance plate
Sheet NC019 · Brunswick County 27 sys · 1,546 viol · #290/3254
VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-HIGH · SRC-GW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-FULL
- VIOL-SEVERE 96.3% flagged
- HEALTH-LOW 5.7% health
- RANK-TOP #290/3254
- PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
- PFAS-HIGH 80.0% detect
- SRC-GW GW lead 78%
- SYS-SMALL 27 systems
- BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields
Nearest flagged-rate peer: Nash County (+ 0 pp flagged-rate)
According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Brunswick County ranks #290 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #9 of 100 counties in North Carolina. See methodology · corpus placement.
Brunswick County standing, mid-flagged corpus third
Flagged-system rate 96.3% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 5.7% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 80.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #290 of 3,254 · #9 of 100 in North Carolina.
Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Brunswick County
Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Brunswick County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.
Water Systems
| System Name | Population | Violations | PFAS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brunswick County Water System | 142,227 | 168 | Detected |
| Brunswick Regional Water and Sewer H2go | 45,748 | 56 | Clean |
| Oak Island, Town Of | 26,924 | 98 | Detected |
| Ocean Isle Beach, Town Of | 7,925 | 50 | Detected |
| Holden Beach, Town Of | 6,299 | 26 | Detected |
| The Village of Bald Head Island | 3,291 | 84 | - |
| The Silver Coast Winery | 500 | 5 | - |
| Ocean Aire Estates | 302 | 149 | - |
| Mt Olive Baptist Church_7010065 | 200 | 5 | - |
| Loulou's Waterfront Restaurant | 100 | 259 | - |
| Myrtle Head Baptist Church | 100 | 19 | - |
| Waste Industries | 100 | 0 | - |
| Wpnr LLC | 98 | 73 | - |
| Chadwick MHP | 90 | 10 | - |
| Town Creek Baptist Church | 75 | 17 | - |
| Little Macedonia Bapt Church | 75 | 61 | - |
| Dollar General Store #11156 | 75 | 16 | - |
| Brunswick Co-Nature Park | 75 | 8 | - |
| Bethlehem Missionary Bapt Ch | 70 | 89 | - |
| New Britton Missionary Bapt Ch | 60 | 8 | - |
| Big Macedonia Miss Bapt Church | 55 | 10 | - |
| Olde Fort Golf Course | 50 | 128 | - |
| Waccamaw Mini Mart | 50 | 51 | - |
| Lockwood Folly Market Place | 50 | 42 | - |
| Sonjas Grill | 35 | 46 | - |
| Olde Brunswick Twn-Ftanderson | 25 | 41 | - |
| New Life Baptist Church | 25 | 27 | - |
Compare beyond North Carolina
Mid-flagged peers for Brunswick County
Cross-state counties nearest Brunswick County on flagged-system share (96.3%) and cumulative violation count (1,546). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.
Similar flagged-system rate
Nearest cross-state counties by % of SDWIS systems with at least one violation on record.
Similar violation load
Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).
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