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New Hanover County, North Carolina

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NC129 · New Hanover County 67 sys · 5,068 viol · #288/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 89.6% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 5.7% health
  • RANK-TOP #288/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 60.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 94%
  • SYS-MID 67 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Iredell County ( -0.1 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, New Hanover County ranks #288 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #8 of 100 counties in North Carolina. See methodology · corpus placement.

New Hanover County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 89.6% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 5.7% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 60.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #288 of 3,254 · #8 of 100 in North Carolina.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around New Hanover County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Gates · lowest New Hanover · this county Tyrrell · highest 50% 89.1% 89.4% 89.6% 89.8% 89.9% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Cfpua-Wilmington 198,740 43 Detected
The Cape Master System 11,587 180 Detected
Carolina Beach Water System 6,864 1,043 Clean
Cfpua - Wrightsville Beach 5,300 68 Detected
Kure Beach Water System 5,110 284 Clean
Corning Inc 1,060 0 -
Figure 8 Island 999 79 -
Wilmington Auto Truck Stop 800 14 -
Treasure Cove S/D 760 34 -
Tregembo Animal Park 600 6 -
DOT-Ft Fisher Ferry 500 37 -
Bradley Creek Boataminium 414 42 -
St Stanislaus Catholic Church 300 23 -
Cape Fear Optimist Park #3 300 0 -
Port of Wilmington 280 55 -
Inlet Watch Yacht Club 260 26 -
Wilmington Clinic Water System 250 12 -
Glynnwood MHP 208 23 -
Eagle Island Fruit & Seafood 200 36 -
Northside MHP 180 164 -
Camelot Holdings LLC 180 74 -
Willow Woods Arbor 160 16 -
La Bella Airosa Restaurant 150 236 -
La Costa Restaurant 120 10 -
South Ridge MHP 115 76 -
Masonboro Yacht Club & Marina 100 50 -
Sweetwater Landing 100 21 -
New Hanover County Landfill 100 8 -
6101 Castle Hayne RD 100 5 -
Oyster Point S/D 99 153 -
Oakley MHP 92 4 -
Castle Creek Memory Care 86 276 -
Anchors Bend Marina 75 138 -
Jung`s Eggroll Express 75 78 -
Luck`s Tavern 75 80 -
College View MHP 66 232 -
Mason Landing S/D 61 6 -
Castle Hayne Church of God 55 13 -
Pat`s Tire Service 50 17 -
Riverside Park 50 12 -
Castle Hayne Park 50 25 -
North College Plaza 50 8 -
Roys Bait & Tackle Shop 50 41 -
Castle Hayne Park-New Addition 50 25 -
I 140 Business Center Bldg #A 50 6 -
North Carolina Kenworth 50 0 -
Whispering Pines Baptist Church 50 0 -
Go Store It #46 50 11 -
Pbsre-Wlm, LLC 50 0 -
Shady Haven MHP 46 64 -

Compare beyond North Carolina

Lower-flagged peers for New Hanover County

Cross-state counties nearest New Hanover County on flagged-system share (89.6%) and cumulative violation count (5,068). 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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