Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS NC0120403
Hiwassee Dam School
Operator location Murhpy, North Carolina - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 300 people served; 289 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 300
- People served (this PWS)
- 289
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 10
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Hiwassee Dam School standing, high SDWIS violation third
300 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 3% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).
The verdict
Hiwassee Dam School sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (289), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (300; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 3% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- 289
- Total EPA violations on record
- 3%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
- 300
- 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
- Non-Transient Non-Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 5
- County
- Cherokee
- School/Daycare
- Yes
- MCL Violations
- 3
- Monitoring Violations
- 258
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 7
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 18 | 2006 |
| Public Notice | Other | 12 | 2009 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 8 | 2008 |
| Xylenes, Total | MR | 8 | 2008 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | MR | 8 | 2008 |
| o-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 8 | 2008 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | MR | 8 | 2008 |
| Vinyl chloride | MR | 8 | 2008 |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | MR | 8 | 2008 |
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | MR | 8 | 2008 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | MR | 8 | 2008 |
| Benzene | MR | 8 | 2008 |
| Toluene | MR | 8 | 2008 |
| Ethylbenzene | MR | 8 | 2008 |
| Styrene | MR | 8 | 2008 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | MR | 8 | 2008 |
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | MR | 8 | 2008 |
| Trichloroethylene | MR | 8 | 2008 |
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | MR | 8 | 2008 |
| Tetrachloroethylene | MR | 8 | 2008 |
| CHLOROBENZENE | MR | 8 | 2008 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | MR | 8 | 2008 |
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | MR | 8 | 2008 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | TT | 7 | 2002 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 7 | 2000 |
| Arsenic | MR | 5 | 2005 |
| Barium | MR | 5 | 2005 |
| Cadmium | MR | 5 | 2005 |
| CYANIDE | MR | 5 | 2005 |
| Fluoride | MR | 5 | 2005 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Hiwassee Dam School has 289 recorded EPA violations, 90% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 10% carry more. 3% of this system's own violations are health-based (10 of 289), 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)
289 Higher than most more violations than 90% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Population served record for Hiwassee Dam School
EPA SDWIS lists 300 people served and 5 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
289 violations · 300 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.
What to do with Hiwassee Dam School
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