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Vance County, North Carolina

35 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 21,462 people in Vance County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

35
SDWIS water systems Middle third of counties
7,525
Total violations Upper third of counties
97.1%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Middle third of counties
100.0%
UCMR5 PFAS rate (1 tested) Upper third of counties with tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet NC181 · Vance County 35 sys · 7,525 viol · #1706/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 97.1% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 3.1% health
  • RANK-MID #1706/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 100.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 89%
  • SYS-SMALL 35 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Vance County ranks #1,706 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #71 of 100 counties in North Carolina. See methodology · corpus placement.

Vance County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 97.1% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 3.1% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 100.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #1,706 of 3,254 · #71 of 100 in North Carolina.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Vance County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Gates · lowest Orange · near Avery · 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

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Mid-flagged peers for Vance County

Cross-state counties nearest Vance County on flagged-system share (97.1%) and cumulative violation count (7,525). 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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