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Moore County, North Carolina

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NC125 · Moore County 65 sys · 16,035 viol · #571/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 96.9% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 8.5% health
  • RANK-TOP #571/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 50.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 72%
  • SYS-MID 65 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Moore County ranks #571 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #27 of 100 counties in North Carolina. See methodology · corpus placement.

Moore County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 96.9% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 8.5% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 50.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #571 of 3,254 · #27 of 100 in North Carolina.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Moore County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Gates · lowest Orange · near Vance · near Tyrrell · highest 50% 96.9% 97% 97.1% 97.1% 97.1% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Moore Co Public Util-Pinehurst 30,377 290 Detected
Southern Pines, Town Of 24,102 133 Clean
Aberdeen, Town Of 12,473 102 Detected
East Moore Water District 8,842 19 Detected
Carthage, Town Of 4,255 567 Clean
Whispering Pines Development 4,178 29 Clean
Woodlake Water & Sewer Inc 2,287 81 -
Pinebluff, Town Of 2,054 626 -
Moore Co Public Util-Vass 1,862 75 -
Foxfire Village, Town Of 1,782 518 -
Robbins Water System 1,579 145 -
Taylortown, Town Of 904 185 -
Occoneechee Scout Reservation 500 80 -
Cameron, Town Of 490 1,945 -
Moore Co Public Utilities-West Moore 407 14 -
Old North Utility Services Camp Mackall 375 28 -
Moore Co Public Utilities - Highfalls 356 1 -
Moore Co Public Util-Hyland SD 340 178 -
Clarendon Gardens S/D 276 57 -
Sherwood Park S/D 248 75 -
Needham Grove Ind Bapt Ch 200 27 -
Skyline Estates Mh S/D 170 150 -
Oakwood Hills Water System 165 75 -
Moore Co Public Util-Hidden Lakes S/D 165 4 -
Dover Baptist Church 150 80 -
Emmanuel Baptist Church 150 85 -
Moore Co Public Util-Addor 137 20 -
Middle Cross Baptist Ch 125 142 -
Acorn Ridge Bapt Church 100 77 -
Smyrna Church 100 158 -
Browns Chapel Christian Ch 100 85 -
Flint Hill Baptist Church 100 52 -
Mac`s Food Store No 5 100 130 -
Sandhills Assembly of God 100 67 -
Sunset Drive MHP 81 138 -
Bethel Church of God 75 255 -
Bascoms Chapel Church 75 42 -
Calvary Baptist Church 75 31 -
Deep Creek Baptist Church 75 23 -
Eagle Springs Baptist Church 75 186 -
Red Branch Baptist Church 75 35 -
Cameron Boys Camp 75 81 -
Dollar General #23789 75 0 -
Unity Grove Baptist Church 70 127 -
Elliott`s on Linden 70 81 -
Circle H MHP 68 6,905 -
Moore Co Public Util-Robbins 65 56 -
Pleasant View Friends Church 60 35 -
Happy Valley S/D 58 49 -
Glendon Independent Christian 50 43 -

Compare beyond North Carolina

Mid-flagged peers for Moore County

Cross-state counties nearest Moore County on flagged-system share (96.9%) and cumulative violation count (16,035). 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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