Community Water System · PWS NC0150200
Highlands Cove S/D
Operator location Cullowhee, North Carolina - 0% of 61 violations are health-based (lower-third health share (≤ 1%)); groundwater source; 577 served per SDWIS.
- 577
- People served (this PWS)
- 61
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 0
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Highlands Cove S/D standing, mid SDWIS violation third
0% of 61 recorded violations are health-based - lower-third health share (≤ 1%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 0% is lower-third health share (≤ 1%). Population rank #26,916 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Highlands Cove S/D lands in the middle third by violation volume (61), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is smaller (577; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is only 0% - almost all of this trail is monitoring or reporting. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #26,916 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #653 of 713
- Population · NC
- 61
- Total EPA violations on record
- 0%
- 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
- 227
- County
- Jackson
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 27
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 21 | 2021 |
| Public Notice | Other | 11 | 2016 |
| Nitrate | MR | 8 | 2014 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 6 | 2004 |
| Mercury | MR | 6 | 2020 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 4 | 2006 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | MR | 3 | 2006 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Highlands Cove S/D has 61 recorded EPA violations, 62% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 38% carry more. 0% of this system's own violations are health-based (0 of 61), and it ranks #26,916 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)
61 Around the middle fewer violations than 38% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Health-based violations on Highlands Cove S/D
0 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for NC0150200.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · North Carolina DEQ, Public Water Supply Section
Nationwide peers
61 violations · 577 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems near this violation count
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems with smaller service footprints
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Highlands Cove S/D
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
- See how every tracked system in North Carolina compares on the same EPA violation measures. North Carolina systems
- Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
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