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Cleveland County, North Carolina

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NC045 · Cleveland County 10 sys · 1,513 viol · #551/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 7.6% health
  • RANK-TOP #551/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-MID 40.0% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 70%
  • SYS-SMALL 10 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, Cleveland County ranks #551 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #26 of 100 counties in North Carolina. See methodology · corpus placement.

Cleveland 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 7.6% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 40.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #551 of 3,254 · #26 of 100 in North Carolina.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Cleveland County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Cleveland 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
Cleveland County Water 58,755 213 Clean
Shelby, City Of 23,577 42 Clean
Kings Mountain, Town Of 14,784 59 Detected
Boiling Springs, Town Of 4,769 56 Clean
Grassy Pond Water Corporation 1,303 23 Detected
Grover, Town Of 805 121 -
Lawndale, Town Of 660 861 -
Vestibule Ame Zion Church 60 112 -
Kings Mountain Memory Care Center 30 20 -
Crowders Mtn St Prk - Boulders Access 25 6 -

Compare beyond North Carolina

Mid-flagged peers for Cleveland County

Cross-state counties nearest Cleveland County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (1,513). 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).

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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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