County profile · EPA SDWIS + UCMR5
Dare County, North Carolina
15 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 50,811 people in Dare County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.
- 15
- SDWIS water systems Middle third of counties
- 1,005
- Total violations Middle third of counties
- 80.0%
- SDWIS systems w/ a violation Lower third of counties
- 0.0%
- UCMR5 PFAS rate (3 tested) Lower third of counties with tests
SDWIS compliance plate
Sheet NC055 · Dare County 15 sys · 1,005 viol · #945/3254
VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-UPPER · ABOVE-PEER · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-GW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-FULL
- VIOL-SEVERE 80.0% flagged
- HEALTH-LOW 8.4% health
- RANK-UPPER #945/3254
- ABOVE-PEER +1.4 pp
- PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
- SRC-GW GW lead 100%
- SYS-SMALL 15 systems
- BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields
Nearest flagged-rate peer: Beaufort County ( -1.4 pp flagged-rate)
According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Dare County ranks #945 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #44 of 100 counties in North Carolina. See methodology · corpus placement.
Dare County standing, lower-flagged corpus third
Flagged-system rate 80.0% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 8.4% 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 #945 of 3,254 · #44 of 100 in North Carolina.
Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Dare County
Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Dare County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.
Water Systems
| System Name | Population | Violations | PFAS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dare County Water System | 28,732 | 19 | Clean |
| Kill Devil Hills, Town Of | 7,200 | 1 | Clean |
| Dare Co-Cape Hatteras Water | 5,486 | 18 | Clean |
| Nags Head, Town Of | 3,125 | 39 | - |
| Manteo Town Of | 2,638 | 90 | - |
| Dare Co-RWS Water System | 2,100 | 16 | - |
| Frisco Campground | 406 | 0 | - |
| Wanchese Marine Industrial Park | 280 | 78 | - |
| Dare Co-Stumpy Point Water Sys | 269 | 0 | - |
| Elizabethan Gardens | 200 | 40 | - |
| Whites MHP | 135 | 157 | - |
| Whites`s Convenience Store & Motel | 100 | 15 | - |
| DOT-NC State Shipyard | 60 | 475 | - |
| Fort Raleigh--Cape Hatteras Ns | 40 | 57 | - |
| Hotel Manteo | 40 | 0 | - |
Compare beyond North Carolina
Lower-flagged peers for Dare County
Cross-state counties nearest Dare County on flagged-system share (80.0%) and cumulative violation count (1,005). 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.
Similar violation load
Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).
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