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Pender County, North Carolina

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NC141 · Pender County 55 sys · 3,363 viol · #818/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 14.2% health
  • RANK-UPPER #818/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-MID 33.3% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 98%
  • SYS-MID 55 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, Pender County ranks #818 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #36 of 100 counties in North Carolina. See methodology · corpus placement.

Pender 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 14.2% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 33.3% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #818 of 3,254 · #36 of 100 in North Carolina.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Pender County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Pender 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
Pender County Utilities 31,600 144 Detected
Surf City, Town Of 9,730 455 Clean
Burgaw, Town Of 4,250 58 Clean
Topsail Beach, Town Of 3,584 434 -
Belvedere Plantation 3,462 118 -
Scott`s Hill Baptist Ch-Front 1,600 70 -
Maple Hill Water District 968 51 -
Castle Bay S/D 777 196 -
Scott`s Hill Baptist Church 600 113 -
Olde Point S/D 516 143 -
Camp Kirkwood 400 29 -
The Inlet at Lanier's Pointe #1 386 96 -
Town of Atkinson 301 31 -
Scott`s Hill Baptist Ch-Rec 250 7 -
West Pender Middle School 242 35 -
Phoenix Mart No 755 200 8 -
Ironclad Golf & Beer Garden 200 217 -
The Inlet at Lanier's Pointe #2 180 122 -
Hampstead Pines 178 190 -
Moore`s Creek Natl Battlefield 150 30 -
Moore`s Creek Missionary Bapt 125 10 -
Moores Creek Miss Bapt Fellowship Hall 125 10 -
Lea Acres Water Co Inc 120 161 -
Sidbury`s MHP 101 31 -
Strickland`s Grill 100 22 -
Spring Branch Junction Bus 100 11 -
Moore`s Creek Baptist Church 100 20 -
Cvs Pharmacy #7046 - Hampstead 100 42 -
Coastal Fitness Center 100 25 -
A B Foodmart 100 17 -
Blair Farm #2 100 6 -
Shiloh Baptist Church 75 16 -
Scott`s Hill Marina #2 75 29 -
Holland`s Shelter Creek Inc 65 15 -
Blair Farm #1 60 29 -
Rocky Point Campground 50 54 -
Westview Methodist Church 50 3 -
Redemption Fellowship Church 50 3 -
Scott`s Hill Marina #1 50 29 -
Sloop Point Boat Storage 50 6 -
Kelly's Mercantile 50 6 -
Bori Cafe Bar 36 3 -
Virginia Creek Campground No 1 28 28 -
Virginia Creek Campground No 2 28 11 -
Virginia Creek Campground No 3 28 5 -
Virginia Creek Campground No 4 28 17 -
Virginia Creek Campground No 5 28 10 -
Virginia Creek Campground No 6 28 10 -
Virginia Creek Campground No 7 28 50 -
Virginia Creek Campground No 8 28 10 -

Compare beyond North Carolina

Mid-flagged peers for Pender County

Cross-state counties nearest Pender County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (3,363). 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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