Wayne County, North Carolina
SDWIS compliance plate
Sheet NC191 · Wayne County 11 sys · 1,280 viol · #502/3254
VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-HIGH · SRC-GW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-FULL
- VIOL-SEVERE 90.9% flagged
- HEALTH-LOW 5.5% health
- RANK-TOP #502/3254
- PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
- PFAS-HIGH 62.5% detect
- SRC-GW GW lead 64%
- SYS-SMALL 11 systems
- BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields
Nearest flagged-rate peer: Wilkes County (+ 0.1 pp flagged-rate)
According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Wayne County ranks #502 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #23 of 100 counties in North Carolina. See methodology · corpus placement.
Wayne County standing, lower-flagged corpus third
Flagged-system rate 90.9% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 5.5% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 62.5% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #502 of 3,254 · #23 of 100 in North Carolina.
Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Wayne County
Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Wayne County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.
Water Systems
| System Name | Population | Violations | PFAS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Water Districts | 39,403 | 704 | Detected |
| Goldsboro, City Of | 34,959 | 19 | Detected |
| Wayne Water Districts Purchase | 16,302 | 28 | Detected |
| Fork Township Sanitary District | 9,572 | 29 | Clean |
| Southern Wayne Sanitary Dist | 7,793 | 135 | Detected |
| Seymour Johnson Afb | 6,875 | 34 | Detected |
| Mount Olive, Town Of | 4,261 | 17 | Clean |
| Fork Township Purchase | 2,540 | 0 | - |
| Fremont, Town Of | 1,265 | 93 | Clean |
| Walnut Creek Village | 950 | 176 | - |
| Pikeville, Town Of | 896 | 45 | - |
Compare beyond North Carolina
Lower-flagged peers for Wayne County
Cross-state counties nearest Wayne County on flagged-system share (90.9%) and cumulative violation count (1,280). 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.
Similar violation load
Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).
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