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Columbus County, North Carolina

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NC047 · Columbus County 64 sys · 4,479 viol · #1175/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 89.1% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 3.1% health
  • RANK-UPPER #1175/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.2 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 95%
  • SYS-MID 64 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Lenoir County ( -0.2 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Columbus County ranks #1,175 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #59 of 100 counties in North Carolina. See methodology · corpus placement.

Columbus County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 89.1% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 3.1% 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 #1,175 of 3,254 · #59 of 100 in North Carolina.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Columbus County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Gates · lowest Lenoir · near Iredell · near Tyrrell · highest 50% 88.5% 88.9% 89.1% 89.4% 89.6% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Columbus Co Water Districts II, III, V 10,442 406 Clean
Whiteville, City Of 5,426 27 Clean
Tabor City, Town Of 3,277 320 -
Columbus County Water Dist IV 2,598 80 -
Lake Waccamaw, Town Of 2,572 94 -
Chadbourn, Town Of 2,370 70 -
Columbus Co Water District I 1,700 119 -
Fair Bluff, Town Of 800 214 -
International Paper Company 750 142 -
Bolton, Town Of 668 217 Clean
Brunswick, Town Of 495 22 -
Town of Sandyfield 422 79 -
Beaverdam Fwb Church 400 19 -
Cerro Gordo, Town Of 246 63 -
Holiday Motel & Restaurant 200 30 -
Cherry Grove Bapt Church 200 132 -
New Hope Bapt Church 200 0 -
Lakeland Village S/D 180 120 -
Lake Waccamaw State Park 180 22 -
Boardman, Town Of 165 60 -
Livingston Baptist Church 150 7 -
Master Mart 150 54 -
Lake Waccamaw St Park-Visitors 150 26 -
Minuteman Food Mart No 21 150 0 -
Cornerstone Fwb Church 150 0 -
Abundant Life Assembly of God 130 5 -
Union Baptist Church 125 113 -
Mill Branch Missionary Bapt.ch 120 98 -
Mt Sinai Holiness Church 120 45 -
Cypress Creek Fwb Church 110 31 -
The Gore Co 100 13 -
Magnolia Miss Baptist Church 100 11 -
Clarendon Fwb Church 100 70 -
Pleasant Plains Baptist Church 100 13 -
Antioch Baptist Church 100 48 -
Nakina Baptist Church 100 0 -
Red Hill Pentecostal Church 100 0 -
Old Dock UMC 90 25 -
Farmers Union Comm Development 83 34 -
Dutchess Forest S/D 81 267 -
Happy Home Baptist Church 80 14 -
Bethel United Methodist Church 75 28 -
Rehobeth Ame Zion Church 75 56 -
St James Baptist Church 75 35 -
Livingston Creek 75 15 -
Dollar General Store #23400 75 1 -
Hickory Grove Bapt Church 55 123 -
Corner Grill 50 85 -
Prosper Baptist Church 50 5 -
Lumber River Campground 50 508 -

Compare beyond North Carolina

Lower-flagged peers for Columbus County

Cross-state counties nearest Columbus County on flagged-system share (89.1%) and cumulative violation count (4,479). 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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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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