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Buncombe County, North Carolina

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NC021 · Buncombe County 106 sys · 10,869 viol · #331/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-GW · SYS-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 95.3% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 4.1% health
  • RANK-TOP #331/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.3 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 89%
  • SYS-MID 106 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Onslow County ( -0.3 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Buncombe County ranks #331 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #12 of 100 counties in North Carolina. See methodology · corpus placement.

Buncombe County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 95.3% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 4.1% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #331 of 3,254 · #12 of 100 in North Carolina.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Buncombe County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Buncombe County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Gates · lowest Onslow · near Buncombe · this county Tyrrell · highest 50% 94.7% 95% 95% 95.3% 95.7% 100%

Source: EPA SDWIS (county aggregates) As of 2026-05-15

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Asheville City Of 157,431 25 Clean
Black Mountain, Town Of 11,976 241 -
Woodfin Sanitary Water and Sewer 10,122 293 Clean
Weaverville, Town Of 8,359 72 Clean
Biltmore Forest, Town Of 1,356 36 -
Royal Gorge Water Utility 950 80 -
Biltmore Estates 857 111 -
Bent Creek Water System 800 64 -
Montreat Water System 798 254 -
Leicester Elem School 679 58 -
Northview MHP 516 600 -
Barnardsville Elem School 460 117 -
Young Life Windy Gap 450 108 -
Bear Creek RV Park and Campground 320 1 -
Locust Grove Baptist Church 300 59 -
Gossetts 300 72 -
Cane Creek Station 300 93 -
Christmount Christian Assembly 250 94 -
Mount Pisgah Academy 210 169 -
YMCA-Blue Ridge Assembly 200 256 -
Valley View Shopping Center 200 19 -
Zion Hill Bapt Ch 200 30 -
Ridgeway Baptist Church 200 44 -
Words of Life Tabernacle Ch 200 55 -
M&j Food Store 200 189 -
Maranatha Baptist Church 200 109 -
Dollar General #423 200 7 -
Zion Hill Family Life Center 200 6 -
Dollar General #16125 200 6 -
Dollar General #13963 200 5 -
Dollar General #20560 200 0 -
Dollar General #21759 200 6 -
Dollar General #23461 200 0 -
Costa Farms 200 65 -
Country Place S/D 160 98 -
Rangeview Acres MHP 150 127 -
Johnson-Siler MHP 150 182 -
The Salty Goat Grill 150 353 -
D & D Grocery 150 93 -
Mount Sheba Baptist Church 150 34 -
Weaverville Hills MHP 147 174 -
Christ United Methodist Church 143 317 -
Newfound Baptist Church 125 41 -
Cedar Hill Missionary Baptist 125 54 -
Flat Creek Baptist Church 109 16 -
Hazelwood Homeowners Assoc 100 155 -
Wedgefield Acres MHP 100 140 -
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church 100 163 -
Piney Mountain Baptist Church 100 59 -
Days Inn - West 100 10 -

Compare beyond North Carolina

Mid-flagged peers for Buncombe County

Cross-state counties nearest Buncombe County on flagged-system share (95.3%) and cumulative violation count (10,869). 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.

4 peers

Similar violation load

Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).

4 peers

Read our methodology · Check your water system - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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