Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS NC0156436
West Marion Elem School
Operator location Marion, North Carolina - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 449 people served; 214 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 449
- People served (this PWS)
- 214
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 18
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
West Marion Elem School standing, high SDWIS violation third
449 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 8% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).
The verdict
West Marion Elem School sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (214), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (449; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 8% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- 214
- Total EPA violations on record
- 8%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
- 449
- 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
- Local
- Connections
- 1
- County
- McDowell
- School/Daycare
- Yes
- MCL Violations
- 3
- Monitoring Violations
- 166
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 15
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 54 | 2024 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 40 | 2024 |
| TTHM | MR | 31 | 2024 |
| Public Notice | Other | 27 | 2024 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | MR | 23 | 2022 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | TT | 15 | 2024 |
| Nitrate | MR | 8 | 2018 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 6 | 1992 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 4 | 2003 |
| Thallium, Total | MCL | 3 | 2001 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
West Marion Elem School has 214 recorded EPA violations, 86% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 14% carry more. 8% of this system's own violations are health-based (18 of 214), 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)
214 Higher than most more violations than 86% 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 West Marion Elem School
EPA SDWIS lists 449 people served and 1 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
214 violations · 449 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 West Marion Elem School
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
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