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Lee County, North Carolina

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NC105 · Lee County 8 sys · 2,485 viol · #881/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 7.9% health
  • RANK-UPPER #881/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 100.0% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 50%
  • SYS-TINY 8 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, Lee County ranks #881 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #40 of 100 counties in North Carolina. See methodology · corpus placement.

Lee 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 7.9% 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 #881 of 3,254 · #40 of 100 in North Carolina.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Lee County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Lee 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
Sanford, City Of 48,350 154 Detected
Carolina Trace Water System 4,516 23 Detected
Broadway, Town Of 1,783 115 -
Pilgrim`s Pride Water System 1,040 184 -
Quail Ridge Water System 465 71 -
Pine Village Mhc LLC 411 981 -
Farm Water Works 167 822 Detected
Sanford First Pentecostal 90 135 -

Compare beyond North Carolina

Mid-flagged peers for Lee County

Cross-state counties nearest Lee County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (2,485). 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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