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Community Water System · PWS NC0113163

Forest Pines S/D

Operator location Cary, North Carolina - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 76 people served; 718 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.

76
People served (this PWS)
718
EPA violations (this PWS)
5
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
Follow published updates (RSS)

Forest Pines S/D standing, high SDWIS violation third

76 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 1% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).

The verdict

Forest Pines S/D sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (718), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (76; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 1% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

718
Total EPA violations on record
1%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
76
People served by this PWS (SDWIS)
N/A
PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)

Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Private
Connections
30
County
Cabarrus
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
5
Monitoring Violations
579
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Coliform (TCR) MR 257 2003
Public Notice Other 60 2004
Nitrate MR 58 2001
Lead and Copper Rule MR 31 2002
Arsenic MR 30 1993
Mercury MR 29 1993
Selenium MR 29 1993
Barium MR 28 1993
Cadmium MR 28 1993
Fluoride MR 28 1993
Chromium MR 28 1993
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U MR 21 1986
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 20 2024
Coliform (TCR) MCL 5 1992
CYANIDE MR 2 1993
Beryllium, Total MR 2 1993
Antimony, Total MR 2 1993
Thallium, Total MR 2 1993
Nickel MR 2 1993
Combined Radium (-226 and -228) MR 1 1980
Gross Beta Particle Activity MR 1 1980

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Forest Pines S/D has 718 recorded EPA violations, 98% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 2% carry more. 1% of this system's own violations are health-based (5 of 718), and it ranks unranked by population served among that same cohort.

EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus

Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)

718 Higher than most more violations than 98% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

Population served record for Forest Pines S/D

EPA SDWIS lists 76 people served and 30 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.

Sources: EPA SDWIS · North Carolina DEQ, Public Water Supply Section

Nationwide peers

718 violations · 76 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load

Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.

4 peers

What to do with Forest Pines S/D

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater