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Haywood County, North Carolina

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NC087 · Haywood County 59 sys · 5,284 viol · #894/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 89.8% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 6.2% health
  • RANK-UPPER #894/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 88%
  • SYS-MID 59 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Alamance County (+ 0.1 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Haywood County ranks #894 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #41 of 100 counties in North Carolina. See methodology · corpus placement.

Haywood County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 89.8% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 6.2% 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 #894 of 3,254 · #41 of 100 in North Carolina.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Haywood County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Gates · lowest New Hanover · near Alamance · near Tyrrell · highest 50% 89.4% 89.6% 89.8% 89.9% 90.5% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Waynesville, Town Of 19,758 33 Clean
Maggie Valley Sanitary Dist 9,629 160 Clean
Canton, Town Of 7,850 183 Clean
Junaluska Sanitary District 5,138 64 Clean
Clyde, Town Of 3,256 29 -
Lake Junaluska Assembly 2,273 85 -
DOT-I-40 Rest Area Wbl 1,000 83 -
Camp Daniel Boone-Bsa 750 72 -
Bethel Elementary School 550 129 Clean
Cataloochee Ski Area 500 5 -
Smoky Mtn Retreat-Eagle`s Nest 422 35 -
Antioch Baptist Church 350 94 -
Springdale Water and Sewer, LLC 328 132 -
Silver Bluff Nursing Home 300 699 -
Bethel Middle School 230 163 -
Crestview Baptist Church 200 44 -
Thad Wood`s Antiques & Disc St 200 46 -
Cold Mountain Market 200 270 -
Riverside Campground 170 38 -
Jukebox Junction Soda Shoppe 150 140 -
Ferguson Supply & Deli 150 206 -
Single Stop #5 150 23 -
Dutch Cove Baptist Church 125 64 -
Green Valley MHP 110 428 -
Bethel Baptist Church - Old Sanctuary 100 117 -
Mt Zion Baptist Church 100 45 -
Fines Crk Mem Bapt Church 100 76 -
Riverside Baptist Church 100 50 -
Oak Grove Baptist Church 100 25 -
Big Creek Campground 100 22 -
Mountain View Church of God 100 217 -
Lake Logan Episcopal Center 100 0 -
Dollar General #12247 100 130 -
Bethel Baptist Church - New Sanctuary 100 0 -
Cataloochee Ranch 100 4 -
Dollar General #25788 100 0 -
Hurricane Ridge 89 90 -
Mountain Shadows Campground 75 61 -
East Fork Baptist Church 75 25 -
Springhill Baptist Church 70 100 -
Center Pigeon Baptist Ch 70 55 -
Maple Grove Baptist Church 70 104 -
The Swag 66 120 -
Cataloochee Sheep Pasture 66 0 -
Crabtree Baptist Church 60 34 -
Meadow Grove Baptist Church 50 47 -
Twisted Spoke Restaurant 50 154 -
Camp Daniel Boone-Arrowhead Camp 50 33 -
Pleasant Balsam Miss Baptist 40 24 -
Liberty Baptist Church 30 37 -

Compare beyond North Carolina

Lower-flagged peers for Haywood County

Cross-state counties nearest Haywood County on flagged-system share (89.8%) and cumulative violation count (5,284). 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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