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Robeson County, North Carolina

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NC155 · Robeson County 13 sys · 2,256 viol · #538/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 92.3% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 3.2% health
  • RANK-TOP #538/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 50.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 92%
  • SYS-SMALL 13 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Rowan County (+ 0 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Robeson County ranks #538 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #25 of 100 counties in North Carolina. See methodology · corpus placement.

Robeson County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 92.3% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 3.2% 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 #538 of 3,254 · #25 of 100 in North Carolina.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Robeson County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Gates · lowest Gaston · near Rowan · near Tyrrell · highest 50% 92% 92.2% 92.3% 92.3% 92.4% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Robeson County Water System 65,303 19 Detected
Lumberton, City Of 24,460 29 Detected
Red Springs, Town Of 4,423 99 Clean
Pembroke, Town Of 3,073 82 -
Fairmont, Town Of 2,837 168 -
Maxton, Town Of 2,598 108 Clean
Saint Pauls, Town Of 2,385 202 -
Rowland, Town Of 1,341 117 -
Sanderson Farms 1,300 3 -
Parkton, Town Of 903 1,384 -
Town of Pembroke - University Courtyard 365 18 -
St Pauls/Robeson Co 318 27 -
Town of Saint Pauls - Evans RD 170 0 -

Compare beyond North Carolina

Lower-flagged peers for Robeson County

Cross-state counties nearest Robeson County on flagged-system share (92.3%) and cumulative violation count (2,256). 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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