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Chatham County, North Carolina

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NC037 · Chatham County 45 sys · 8,155 viol · #963/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 18.2% health
  • RANK-UPPER #963/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 100.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 78%
  • SYS-MID 45 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Forsyth County (+ 0 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Chatham County ranks #963 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #47 of 100 counties in North Carolina. See methodology · corpus placement.

Chatham County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 100.0% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 18.2% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 100.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #963 of 3,254 · #47 of 100 in North Carolina.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Chatham County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Gates · lowest Tyrrell · highest Union · near Harnett · near 50% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Chatham Co-North 23,088 321 Detected
Siler City, Town Of 8,520 249 Detected
Pittsboro, Town Of 6,060 261 Detected
Chatham Co-SW Chatham 2,470 303 -
Chapel Ridge S/D 2,098 55 -
Chatham Co-Asbury 1,540 121 -
Goldston-Gulf Sanitary Dist 1,187 593 -
Beechwood Cove/Polks Landing 406 237 -
Chatham S/D 365 308 -
Colvard Farms S/D 365 20 -
Cole Park Plaza 306 209 -
Vista Point State Park 244 3 -
White Oak Recreation Area 200 13 -
The Hills of Rosemont 192 101 -
Emmaus Baptist Church 190 472 -
Alston Chapel United Holy Church 175 317 -
Siler City Pentecostal Holiness 155 74 -
Holland Chapel Ame Zion Church 150 269 -
Woodbridge S/D 143 173 -
Lambert Chapel Baptist Church 125 30 -
Cedar Terrace Apartments 123 55 -
Brush Creek Baptist Church 120 34 -
Seaforth Campground 100 21 -
New Hope Overlook 100 16 -
Rocky River Bapt Church 100 43 -
South Fork Friends Church 100 132 -
Chatham Pines LLC 98 107 -
Camp Royall Autism Society 80 758 -
St. Julia Catholic Church 80 38 -
Brown`s Chapel UMC 75 165 -
Rives Chapel Baptist Church 70 141 -
Piney Grove UMC 65 30 -
Country Estates MHP 60 503 -
Crosswinds Boating Center LLC 50 54 -
Fiddlestix at Jordan Lake 50 19 -
Northwest Park 50 25 -
Woodlake Meadows 50 53 -
Cedar Village II 46 413 -
Polks Trail S/D 43 50 -
Mannsfield Condominiums 41 121 -
Cedar Lake Condo 40 371 -
Chatham RV Park 30 82 -
Seagroves Supply Company 25 210 -
Craig`s General Store 25 518 -
Rocky River Friends Meeting 25 67 -

Compare beyond North Carolina

Mid-flagged peers for Chatham County

Cross-state counties nearest Chatham County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (8,155). 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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