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Edgecombe County, North Carolina

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NC065 · Edgecombe County 9 sys · 972 viol · #1345/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 30.0% health
  • RANK-MID #1345/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 100.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 56%
  • SYS-TINY 9 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, Edgecombe County ranks #1,345 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #64 of 100 counties in North Carolina. See methodology · corpus placement.

Edgecombe 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 30.0% 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 #1,345 of 3,254 · #64 of 100 in North Carolina.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Edgecombe County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Edgecombe 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
Edgecombe Water & Sewer District 14,485 168 Detected
Tarboro, Town Of 10,844 103 Detected
Princeville, Town Of 1,550 119 -
Pinetops, Town Of 1,200 47 -
Conetoe Community Water System 1,090 227 -
Whitakers, Town Of 869 144 -
Macclesfield, Town Of 441 81 -
Winstead Mobile Terrace 189 65 -
United Church of Jesus Christ 25 18 -

Compare beyond North Carolina

Mid-flagged peers for Edgecombe County

Cross-state counties nearest Edgecombe County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (972). 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
Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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