How many water violations are in Cumberland County?

Cumberland County has 9,862 total drinking water violations across 90 water systems, of which 2,562 are health-based violations. 96.7% of systems have at least one violation.

How many people get water from Cumberland County systems?

Water systems in Cumberland County serve approximately 349,358 people through 90 public water systems.

Has PFAS been detected in Cumberland County water?

Under EPA UCMR5, 6 of 6 tested systems in Cumberland County had at least one PFAS detection (100.0% of the UCMR5-tested subset - not of all 90 SDWIS systems).

What types of water sources supply Cumberland County?

Water systems in Cumberland County use GW (73 systems), SW (17 systems) as their primary water sources.

Are health-based violations serious?

Health-based violations indicate that drinking water exceeded Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) set by the EPA or failed treatment technique requirements. 26.0% of Cumberland County's violations are health-based. Among counties with any SDWIS violations, this extract puts Cumberland County in the higher health-based share band. Not all violations indicate immediate health risk, but they require corrective action.

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Cumberland County, North Carolina

Compiled by PlainWater · May 15, 2026

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NC051 · Cumberland County 90 sys · 9,862 viol · #197/3254

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

VIOL-SEVERE 96.7% flagged
HEALTH-MID 26.0% health
RANK-TOP #197/3254
PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
PFAS-HIGH 100.0% detect
SRC-GW GW lead 81%
SYS-MID 90 systems
BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Stanly County ( -0.1 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Cumberland County ranks #197 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #5 of 100 counties in North Carolina. See methodology · corpus placement.

Cumberland County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 96.7% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 26.0% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 100.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #197 of 3,254 · #5 of 100 in North Carolina.

Water Systems

System Name	Population	Violations	PFAS
Fayetteville Public Works Comm	215,590	25	Detected
Old North Utilities Services/Ft Bragg	65,000	40	Detected
Brookwood Comm Wtr System	15,380	1,529	Detected
Cliffdale West	15,220	343	Detected
Spring Lake, Town Of	11,725	137	Detected
Eastover Sanitary District	8,150	20	Detected
Brookwood South/Fayetteville Pwc	2,357	9	-
Linden, Town Of	2,077	38	-
Stedman, Town Of	1,705	102	-
Wade, Town Of	780	61	-
Overhills Water Company	723	229	-
Falcon Water System	714	142	-
Braxton Hills/Simmons Heights	680	202	-
Alderman Road Elementary	610	286	-
Mill Creek S/D	523	26	-
Stoney Point WS/Fayetteville Pwc	505	6	-
Godwin, Town Of	390	29	-
Grays Creek Elem School	377	35	-
Bragg Estates Water System	360	237	-
Tanglewood Estates S/D	309	9	-
Rain Tree II Fayetteville Pwc	292	115	-
Tanglewood South Mhpfayetteville Pwc	259	122	-
New Town Apartments LLC	258	327	-
The Fayetteville Church	225	5	-
Eastgate SD Fayetteville Pwc	205	92	-
Copeland Acres S/D	200	104	-
Greater First Baptist Church	200	138	-
Brettonwood Hills S/D	187	66	-
Galatia Presbyterian Church	150	97	-
Grays Creek Baptist Church	125	75	-
Baptist Union Missionary Baptist Church	125	170	-
South Point SD	124	71	-
Kelly Hill S/D	109	49	-
Woodland Run Mh S/D	108	21	-
Beaver Dam Elem School	105	9	-
Oakgrove Pentecostal Fwb Ch	100	367	-
Cedar Creek Baptist Church	100	38	-
Savannah Baptist Church	100	43	-
Beaver Dam Baptist Church	100	26	-
Concord Baptist Church	100	33	-
Short Trip	100	154	-
Household of Faith	100	27	-
Kingdom Hall (SR-2008)	100	44	-
Dollar General Store #17482	100	0	-
Grace Place Christian Church	100	65	-
Blawell S/D	96	101	-
Church of God of Prophecy	89	42	-
Raintree MHP	85	299	-
Magnolia Baptist Church	80	52	-
Jesus First Church	80	62	-

Compare beyond North Carolina

Mid-flagged peers for Cumberland County

Cross-state counties nearest Cumberland County on flagged-system share (96.7%) and cumulative violation count (9,862). 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

Compiled by PlainWater, Drinking Water Quality Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

Every figure on PlainWater is rendered directly from EPA SDWIS drinking-water data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on EPA SDWIS data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.