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Community Water System · PWS NC0136182

Country Acres/Southgate

Operator location Cary, North Carolina - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 665 people served; 209 SDWIS violations on record from surface water sources.

665
People served (this PWS)
209
EPA violations (this PWS)
4
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Country Acres/Southgate standing, high SDWIS violation third

665 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 2% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #24,940 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Country Acres/Southgate sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (209), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (665; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 2% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#24,940 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#602 of 713
Population · NC
209
Total EPA violations on record
2%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

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
262
County
Gaston
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
0
Monitoring Violations
186
Treatment Tech Violations
4

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Lead and Copper Rule MR 22 2025
Nitrate MR 17 2024
Barium MR 13 1991
Arsenic MR 13 1991
Fluoride MR 13 1991
Chromium MR 13 1991
Mercury MR 13 1991
Selenium MR 13 1991
Cadmium MR 13 1991
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U MR 12 1995
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 6 2024
Nitrite MR 6 2000
CYANIDE MR 5 1991
Beryllium, Total MR 5 1991
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 5 2024
Nickel MR 5 1991
Antimony, Total MR 5 1991
Thallium, Total MR 5 1991
Revised Total Coliform Rule RPT 5 2016
TTHM MR 4 2024
Lead and Copper Rule TT 4 1995
Dalapon MR 4 2024

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Country Acres/Southgate has 209 recorded EPA violations, 86% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 14% carry more. 2% of this system's own violations are health-based (4 of 209), and it ranks #24,940 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.

EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus

Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)

209 Higher than most more violations than 86% 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 Country Acres/Southgate

EPA SDWIS lists 665 people served and 262 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

209 violations · 665 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

Cross-state systems with smaller service footprints

Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).

4 peers

What to do with Country Acres/Southgate

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