Question 1

Is Andrews, Town Of water safe to drink?

Accepted Answer

Andrews, Town Of (PWS ID: NC0120020) has 189 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. EPA SDWIS lists this system's service population as 3,284 people using Surface Water sources.

Question 2

How many people does Andrews, Town Of serve?

Accepted Answer

EPA SDWIS reports that Andrews, Town Of serves 3,284 people (this public water system's service population, not the municipal population of Andrews or any other city). It is a Local-owned system using Surface Water water sources with 1,293 service connections. The operator address is listed in Andrews, North Carolina.

Question 3

What type of violations does Andrews, Town Of have?

Accepted Answer

Andrews, Town Of has 189 total violations: 3 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 163 monitoring/reporting violations, and 3 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.

Question 4

Has PFAS been detected in Andrews, Town Of water?

Accepted Answer

No PFAS testing data is available for Andrews, Town Of under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

Question 5

What water source does Andrews, Town Of use?

Accepted Answer

Andrews, Town Of uses Surface Water as its primary water source. It is classified as a Community Water System (CWS), serving residential populations year-round.

Question 6

Where does this data come from?

Accepted Answer

All data comes from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and the UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program. SDWIS tracks compliance for all public water systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Question 7

Where does Andrews, Town Of sit among U.S. public water systems?

Accepted Answer

According to EPA SDWIS population_served among sitemap-advertised systems (serving 500+), Andrews, Town Of ranks #9,985 of 29,740 by people served, and #282 of 713 in North Carolina. Ordinals use population_served DESC among systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). See /methodology#corpus-placement.

Question 8

How does Andrews, Town Of's violation count compare nationally?

Accepted Answer

Andrews, Town Of has 189 recorded EPA SDWIS violations, fewer than 15% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500 or more people nationwide (the same sitemap cohort used for the corpus-placement ranking above). 84% of that cohort has fewer violations than Andrews, Town Of. A system can have zero recorded violations and still be actively monitored, and a high violation count often reflects a system that reports thoroughly, not necessarily one with worse water.

Contaminant	Category	Count	Latest
Nitrate	MR	15	1993
TTHM	MR	13	2022
Consumer Confidence Rule	Other	11	2020
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	MR	11	2022
Public Notice	Other	8	2009
Coliform (TCR)	MR	4	1993
BHC-GAMMA	MR	4	2005
Methoxychlor	MR	4	2005
OXAMYL	MR	4	2005
Simazine	MR	4	2005
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate	MR	4	2005
Dinoseb	MR	4	2005
Carbofuran	MR	4	2005
Atrazine	MR	4	2005
LASSO	MR	4	2005
2,4-D	MR	4	2005
HEXACHLOROBENZENE	MR	4	2005
1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE	MR	4	2005
Chlordane	MR	4	2005
Heptachlor	MR	4	2005
Heptachlor epoxide	MR	4	2005
Pentachlorophenol	MR	4	2005
2,4,5-TP	MR	4	2005
Toxaphene	MR	4	2005
Endrin	MR	4	2005
Picloram	MR	4	2005
Benzo(a)pyrene	MR	4	2005
Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate	MR	4	2005
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene	MR	4	2005
Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)	MR	4	2005

Andrews, Town Of

Andrews, Town Of standing, high SDWIS violation third

System Details

Violation History

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

SDWIS compliance record for Andrews, Town Of

Nationwide peers

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load

Cross-state systems near this population served