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Caldwell County, North Carolina

29 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 73,385 people in Caldwell County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

29
SDWIS water systems Middle third of counties
1,810
Total violations Middle third of counties
86.2%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Lower third of counties
0.0%
UCMR5 PFAS rate (5 tested) Lower third of counties with tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NC027 · Caldwell County 29 sys · 1,810 viol · #713/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 86.2% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 2.7% health
  • RANK-UPPER #713/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.5 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 69%
  • SYS-SMALL 29 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Jackson County ( -0.5 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Caldwell County ranks #713 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #32 of 100 counties in North Carolina. See methodology · corpus placement.

Caldwell County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 86.2% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 2.7% 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 #713 of 3,254 · #32 of 100 in North Carolina.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Caldwell County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Gates · lowest Jackson · near Martin · near Tyrrell · highest 50% 85.2% 85.7% 85.7% 85.7% 86.2% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Lenoir, City Of 25,573 23 Clean
Caldwell Co Water System-SE 15,007 42 -
Caldwell County Water--West 8,662 37 Clean
Baton Water Corporation 7,620 3 Clean
Granite Falls, Town Of 7,318 167 Clean
Sawmills, Town Of 5,524 4 Clean
Green Mountain Park 1,194 736 -
Rhodhiss, Town Of 867 22 -
Misty Mountain 369 26 -
Piney Grove Bapt Church 140 0 -
Caldwell County- Addison Lane 140 33 -
Brown Mountain Beach Campgrd Wells 2 & 3 125 99 -
Caldwell County Water--North 108 14 -
Mortimer Campground 100 55 -
Setzer Creek Bapt Church 75 4 -
Yadkin Valley Baptist Church 65 5 -
Nelson`s Chapel Baptist Church 65 76 -
Patterson School 50 91 -
Livingston Memorial Baptist Ch 50 6 -
Buffalo Cove Mercantile 50 38 -
Brown Mountain Beach Campgrd Well 1 50 0 -
Blue Creek Baptist Church 38 55 -
Camp Ginger Cascades 1 30 32 -
Betsey`s Ole Country Store 30 85 -
Brown Mountain Beach Campgrd Well 4 30 0 -
Camp Ginger Cascades 3 30 0 -
John`s River Camp 25 10 -
Lenoir Moose Lodge No 385 25 3 -
Yadkin Valley Grocery 25 144 -

Compare beyond North Carolina

Lower-flagged peers for Caldwell County

Cross-state counties nearest Caldwell County on flagged-system share (86.2%) and cumulative violation count (1,810). 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

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

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