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Community Water System · PWS NC0138107

Cross Creek S/D

Operator location Robbinsville, North Carolina - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 117 people served; 196 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.

117
People served (this PWS) Smaller third of systems
196
EPA violations (this PWS) Upper third of systems
10
Health-based (this PWS) Middle third by health-based share
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS) No UCMR5 result
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Cross Creek S/D standing, high SDWIS violation third

117 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 5% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).

The verdict

Cross Creek S/D sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (196), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (117; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 5% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

196
Total EPA violations on record
5%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
117
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.

F
Water Safety Score
17/100
Cross Creek S/D

Based on EPA SDWIS violation history and UCMR5 PFAS testing only, not water taste, odor, infrastructure age, or contaminants outside the federally tracked set.

Health-based violations F
10
EPA SDWIS health-based violations on record (MCL, MRDL, treatment technique)
Monitoring & reporting violations F
186
Non-health SDWIS violations (monitoring, reporting, and other compliance)
PFAS contamination N/A
Not UCMR5-tested
Highest PFAS compound level detected in UCMR5 testing

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Private
Connections
52
County
Graham
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
0
Monitoring Violations
153
Treatment Tech Violations
10

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Lead and Copper Rule MR 16 2023
Lead and Copper Rule TT 10 2001
Nitrate MR 10 2001
Public Notice Other 10 2007
Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 9 2017
Coliform (TCR) MR 7 1999
Arsenic MR 7 2002
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 6 2005
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U MR 6 2000
Chlorine MR 5 2017
Carbofuran MR 3 2000
Heptachlor MR 3 2000
Endrin MR 3 2000
ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE MR 3 2000
Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) MR 3 2000
Pentachlorophenol MR 3 2000
HEXACHLOROBENZENE MR 3 2000
2,4-D MR 3 2000
Heptachlor epoxide MR 3 2000
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene MR 3 2000
Dinoseb MR 3 2000
Simazine MR 3 2000
TTHM MR 3 2005
Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate MR 3 2000
Dalapon MR 3 2000
Toxaphene MR 3 2000
Methoxychlor MR 3 2000
Aldicarb sulfone MR 3 2000
Aldicarb sulfoxide MR 3 2000
Chlordane MR 3 2000

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Cross Creek S/D has 196 recorded EPA violations, 85% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 15% carry more. 5% of this system's own violations are health-based (10 of 196), 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)

196 Higher than most more violations than 85% 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

How many violations vs. how serious, among peer systems

Cross Creek S/D plotted against 29 peer public water systems (500+ people served), by total violation count (x) and the share of those violations that are health-based (y). The crosshair sits at this sample's own median on each axis. A high violation count does not automatically mean a serious record: most monitoring and reporting violations are minor, not health-based.

Violation volume vs. health-based share

30 public water systems (500+ people served), EPA SDWIS current release. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Total violations (X) and Health-based share (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Frequent and seriousRare but seriousFrequent, mostly paperworkClean record 0200400600 0%20%40%60%80%100% Total violations Health-based share Violation volume vs. health-based share Miccosukee Service Plaza-0, 0%Brazoria - Fort Bend Counties MUD 3-0, 0%Tanglewilde Thompson Place 600-2, 0%Center Water Co-5, 0%Montgomery Co RWD 12-7, 29%Spring Mills Elem School/Hvs-9, 0%Irvin Water District #6-11, 27%Great Bend Industrial Park-14, 0%Nooksack Valley Water Association-16, 31%Glen Park Village-19, 0%Camp Is-Sho-Da-22, 0%Kipling Oaks 1-25, 16%McLouth, City Of-29, 17%Hamilton-33, 0%Pine Valley Plantation-37, 24%Lake Gibson Estates-42, 2%Ticonderoga WD-47, 26%Town of Welaka-54, 0%Township of Blairstown Dpw-61, 0%McIntosh Water & Fire Pro Authority-71, 0%Sunset Ridge Water District-82, 15%South Deerfield Water Supply District-96, 16%Clarkdale Municipal Water System-114, 0%Orange Water Dept-136, 14%Mount Pleasant Water Sys #1-167, 11%Benson Culinary Improvement District-212, 1%Eureka Water Association-273, 0%City of Ballinger-372, 85%Conemaugh Twp Muni Auth-567, 1%Cross Creek S/D-196, 5%
30 public water systems (500+ people served), EPA SDWIS current release.

Population served record for Cross Creek S/D

EPA SDWIS lists 117 people served and 52 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

196 violations · 117 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

What to do with Cross Creek 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

Every figure on PlainWater is rendered directly from EPA SDWIS drinking-water data, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.