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Richmond County, North Carolina

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NC153 · Richmond County 9 sys · 705 viol · #980/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 33.6% health
  • RANK-UPPER #980/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 100.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 56%
  • SYS-TINY 9 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, Richmond County ranks #980 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #49 of 100 counties in North Carolina. See methodology · corpus placement.

Richmond 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 33.6% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 100.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #980 of 3,254 · #49 of 100 in North Carolina.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Richmond County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Richmond 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
Richmond County Water System 22,387 163 Detected
Rockingham, City Of 12,510 52 Detected
Hamlet Water System 10,635 166 Detected
Ellerbe Town Of 2,050 132 -
Joy Freewill Baptist Church 75 17 -
Travel Resorts of America_forest Site 75 19 -
Mark`s Creek Presbyterian Ch 50 23 -
Southern Products & Silica Co 25 115 -
Camp Mackall Fire Dept 25 18 -

Compare beyond North Carolina

Mid-flagged peers for Richmond County

Cross-state counties nearest Richmond County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (705). 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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