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Gaston County, North Carolina

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NC071 · Gaston County 255 sys · 26,256 viol · #341/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 92.2% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 5.5% health
  • RANK-TOP #341/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.2 pp
  • PFAS-MID 33.3% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 93%
  • SYS-LARGE 255 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Gaston County ranks #341 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #14 of 100 counties in North Carolina. See methodology · corpus placement.

Gaston County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 92.2% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 5.5% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 33.3% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #341 of 3,254 · #14 of 100 in North Carolina.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Gaston County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Gates · lowest Gaston · this county Robeson · near Tyrrell · highest 50% 92% 92.2% 92.3% 92.3% 92.4% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Two Rivers Utilities 93,877 21 Clean
Mount Holly, City Of 19,200 86 Clean
Belmont, City Of 17,477 38 Detected
Dallas, Town Of 8,125 347 Detected
Cherryville, City Of 6,353 9 Clean
Bessemer City, City Of 5,690 233 Detected
Stanley, Town Of 5,453 84 Clean
Ranlo, Town Of 4,511 107 Clean
Lowell, City Of 3,837 94 Clean
Belmont Abbey College 1,325 80 -
McAdenville, Town Of 930 54 -
High Shoals, City Of 729 164 -
Country Acres/Southgate 665 209 -
Hickory Creek/ Starrland W/S 528 171 -
Fox Run S/D 516 46 -
Chapel Grove Elem School 511 207 -
Amy Acres S/D 490 307 -
Creekside Estate 488 28 -
Raintree S/D 482 158 -
McAdenville Crossroads 470 23 -
Tryon Elementary School 464 100 -
Cedar Grove S/D 462 119 -
Kings Grant S/D 460 73 -
Spencer Mountain Village 442 54 -
Country Meadows 432 180 -
Alan Acres 366 132 -
Fallscrest II S/D 356 105 -
South Point Baptist Church 350 12 -
South Point Bapt Ch-Family Ministry Ctr 350 0 -
Oakley Park No 2 343 117 -
Magnolia Spring-Southfork S/D 333 18 -
Saddlewood II S/D 320 144 -
Shadow Oaks S/D 318 16 -
Belmont Moose Lodge 298 37 -
Fontain Village 285 158 -
Fleetwood Acres S/D 271 160 -
Keltic Meadows 259 8 -
Alexis Baptist Church 250 81 -
Chestnut Ridge Baptist Church 250 0 -
Mt Pisgah Baptist Church 250 16 -
Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden 250 134 -
Farmwood S/D(countrywoods S/D) 246 231 -
Paradise Point S/D 244 159 -
Ashebrook Park 241 58 -
Walker Heights S/D 239 117 -
Chapel Acres MHP 231 13 -
Covington Acres MHP 226 74 -
New Covenant Church 220 3 -
Sunset Park S/D 216 145 -
Forestbrook S/D 216 84 -

Compare beyond North Carolina

Lower-flagged peers for Gaston County

Cross-state counties nearest Gaston County on flagged-system share (92.2%) and cumulative violation count (26,256). 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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