Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS NC0150497
Mountain Shops
Operator location Cullowhee, North Carolina - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 36 people served; 134 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 36
- People served (this PWS)
- 134
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 5
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Mountain Shops standing, high SDWIS violation third
36 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 4% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).
The verdict
Mountain Shops sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (134), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (36; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 4% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- 134
- Total EPA violations on record
- 4%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
- 36
- 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
- Private
- Connections
- 7
- County
- Jackson
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 122
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 5
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 14 | 2016 |
| Nitrate | MR | 7 | 2002 |
| Simazine | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Heptachlor epoxide | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Atrazine | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| HEXACHLOROBENZENE | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| LASSO | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Benzo(a)pyrene | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Endrin | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Heptachlor | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Chlordane | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 5 | 2003 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | TT | 5 | 2016 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 3 | 2005 |
| Public Notice | Other | 2 | 2003 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Mountain Shops has 134 recorded EPA violations, 79% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 21% carry more. 4% of this system's own violations are health-based (5 of 134), 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)
134 Higher than most more violations than 79% 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 Mountain Shops
EPA SDWIS lists 36 people served and 7 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
134 violations · 36 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 Mountain Shops
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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EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.