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Durham County, North Carolina

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NC063 · Durham County 50 sys · 6,257 viol · #209/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 96.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 3.1% health
  • RANK-TOP #209/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 100.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 98%
  • SYS-MID 50 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Bladen County (+ 0 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Durham County ranks #209 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #6 of 100 counties in North Carolina. See methodology · corpus placement.

Durham County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 96.0% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% 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 100.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #209 of 3,254 · #6 of 100 in North Carolina.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Durham County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Gates · lowest Durham · this county Brunswick · near Tyrrell · highest 50% 95.8% 96% 96% 96.3% 96.3% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Durham, City Of 322,083 276 Detected
Lake Winds Golf Course 750 132 -
Hardscrabble S/D 643 58 -
Mangum Elementary School 365 119 -
Greymoss S/D 361 39 -
Willow Hill S/D 329 19 -
Whispering Pines MHP 305 1,782 -
Canterbury Estates 293 38 -
Discovery Charter School 285 2 -
Fox Run S/D 272 19 -
Heather Glen S/D 255 10 -
New Red Mtn Baptist Church 200 37 -
Springs of Life Bible Church 200 0 -
Rollingview State Park 191 41 -
Cardens Creek S/D 183 76 -
Red Mountain Baptist Church 180 47 -
Red Mountain S/D 176 19 -
Trapper`s Creek S/D 158 43 -
Mt Bethel UMC 150 97 -
Eno River St Park 150 59 -
Shady Grove Fwb Church 150 135 -
Wexford S/D 148 11 -
Northern Fwb Church 130 38 -
Lake Ridge Park 125 18 -
Bahama Baptist Church 110 163 -
Tyndrum S/D 102 20 -
Masonwoods S/D 97 22 -
Plainview Baptist Church 90 49 -
Kerley Gardens 87 341 -
St Matthew Catholic Church 85 30 -
Durham County Rougemont Water System 84 5 -
Highland Park S/D 76 0 -
Cornerstone Bible Church 75 143 -
Leesville Road Baptist Church 70 45 -
New Calvary Church 70 149 -
Brentwood S/D 69 20 -
Shaw Hills S/D 66 1,028 -
Keeneland Manor S/D 51 3 -
Hollow Rock Racquet&swim Club 50 151 -
Hill Forest Summer Camp 50 85 -
Harvest Glen Baptist Church 50 30 -
Global Montessori Academy 35 156 -
Spruce Pine Lodge 30 109 -
Wilkins Road Park 30 135 -
Little River Lake Boat House 30 137 -
West Point on Eno Amphitheatre 30 73 -
First Ledge Rock Baptist Ch 30 106 -
Lake Michie Boat Dock 25 84 -
Rollingview Marina 25 10 -
Self-Ventures Fund-Avila 25 48 -

Compare beyond North Carolina

Mid-flagged peers for Durham County

Cross-state counties nearest Durham County on flagged-system share (96.0%) and cumulative violation count (6,257). 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

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