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Franklin County, North Carolina

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NC069 · Franklin County 73 sys · 9,785 viol · #982/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 87.7% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 8.4% health
  • RANK-UPPER #982/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.2 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 100.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 93%
  • SYS-MID 73 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Transylvania County (+ 0.2 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Franklin County ranks #982 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #50 of 100 counties in North Carolina. See methodology · corpus placement.

Franklin County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 87.7% 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 100.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #982 of 3,254 · #50 of 100 in North Carolina.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Franklin County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Gates · lowest Franklin · this county Mitchell · near Tyrrell · highest 50% 87.5% 87.7% 87.8% 88% 88.2% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Franklin County Water & Sewer 26,060 84 -
Lake Royale S/D 5,890 340 Detected
Louisburg, Town Of 4,554 160 -
Franklinton, Town Of 2,732 346 -
Bunn, Town Of 950 266 -
Edward Best Middle School 600 61 -
Laurel Mill School 340 124 -
Millstone S/D 272 29 -
Mount Olivet Baptist Ch 225 98 -
Mitchell Missionary Bapt Ch 200 18 -
Rocky Chapel Missionary Bapt 200 76 -
The River Golf Club at Lake Royale 200 65 -
Baker S/D 187 0 -
Bailey Farms Subdivision 181 14 -
Walnut Grove Miss Baptist Ch 175 66 -
Fox Park MHP 158 656 -
Cedar Rock Missionary Baptist Church 150 361 -
Hickory Grove Baptist Church 150 55 -
Kinches Chapel Christian Church 150 98 -
Sweet Briar S/D 143 11 -
Allen Chapel Baptist Church 125 60 -
Woodford S/D 125 0 -
Bethlehem Baptist Church 120 89 -
New Hope Worship Center 120 428 -
Rustic Ridge MHP 117 376 -
Meadow Lake S/D 117 0 -
Haywood Baptist Ch 115 77 -
Ransdell MHP 114 172 -
Wilders Village S/D 112 8 -
Ridgemont S/D 110 6 -
Rowland Chapel Christian Church 100 61 -
Sandy Creek Bapt Ch 100 200 -
Red Bud Baptist Church 100 68 -
Manasseh Chapel Baptist Church 100 127 -
White Level Baptist Church 100 119 -
Maple Springs Baptist Church 100 49 -
Oak Grove Baptist Church 100 50 -
Pine Ridge Baptist Church 100 103 -
Bud`s Tavern and Grill 100 648 -
Jeffreys II 100 116 -
Privette`s Grocery 100 63 -
Our Lady of the Rosary 100 0 -
Pearce Baptist Church 85 8 -
Pine Forest MHP 84 152 -
Sleepy Creek MHP (Wells 3,4,5) 84 58 -
Poplar Spring Baptist Church 80 37 -
Pilot Baptist Daycare 78 125 -
Jones Chapel Missionary Baptist Church 75 42 -
Corinth Baptist Church 75 171 -
Foy Mart No 1 75 82 -

Compare beyond North Carolina

Lower-flagged peers for Franklin County

Cross-state counties nearest Franklin County on flagged-system share (87.7%) and cumulative violation count (9,785). 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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