Question 1

Is High Shoals, City Of water safe to drink?

Accepted Answer

High Shoals, City Of (PWS ID: NC0136075) has 164 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. EPA SDWIS lists this system's service population as 729 people using Surface Water sources.

Question 2

How many people does High Shoals, City Of serve?

Accepted Answer

EPA SDWIS reports that High Shoals, City Of serves 729 people (this public water system's service population, not the municipal population of High Shoals or any other city). It is a Local-owned system using Surface Water water sources with 203 service connections. The operator address is listed in High Shoals, North Carolina.

Question 3

What type of violations does High Shoals, City Of have?

Accepted Answer

High Shoals, City Of has 164 total violations: 38 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 97 monitoring/reporting violations, and 0 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.

Question 4

Has PFAS been detected in High Shoals, City Of water?

Accepted Answer

No PFAS testing data is available for High Shoals, City Of under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

Question 5

What water source does High Shoals, City Of use?

Accepted Answer

High Shoals, City 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 High Shoals, City Of sit among U.S. public water systems?

Accepted Answer

According to EPA SDWIS population_served among sitemap-advertised systems (serving 500+), High Shoals, City Of ranks #23,806 of 29,740 by people served, and #566 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 High Shoals, City Of's violation count compare nationally?

Accepted Answer

High Shoals, City Of has 164 recorded EPA SDWIS violations, fewer than 18% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500 or more people nationwide (the same sitemap cohort used for the corpus-placement ranking above). 82% of that cohort has fewer violations than High Shoals, City 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
TTHM	MCL	28	2015
Coliform (TCR)	MR	18	2003
Public Notice	Other	14	2007
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	MR	14	2022
Arsenic	MR	13	1990
Lead and Copper Rule	MR	12	1994
Consumer Confidence Rule	Other	12	2006
Nitrate	MR	10	1993
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	MCL	10	2006
Chlorine	MR	9	2004
TTHM	MR	9	2014
Chromium	MR	2	1990
Fluoride	MR	2	1990
Mercury	MR	2	1990
Selenium	MR	2	1990
Barium	MR	2	1990
Cadmium	MR	2	1990

High Shoals, City Of

High Shoals, City Of standing, high SDWIS violation third

System Details

Violation History

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Health-based violations on High Shoals, City Of

Nationwide peers

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load

Cross-state systems with smaller service footprints