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Chowan County, North Carolina

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NC041 · Chowan County 2 sys · 266 viol · #1897/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-HIGH 57.5% health
  • RANK-MID #1897/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-TINY 2 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, Chowan County ranks #1,897 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #79 of 100 counties in North Carolina. See methodology · corpus placement.

Chowan 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 57.5% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #1,897 of 3,254 · #79 of 100 in North Carolina.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Chowan County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Chowan 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
Chowan Co Water System 11,722 42 Clean
Edenton, Town Of 5,500 224 Clean

Compare beyond North Carolina

Mid-flagged peers for Chowan County

Cross-state counties nearest Chowan County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (266). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.

Similar violation load

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

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

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