Community Water System · PWS NC0157138
Cold Springs POA
Operator location Highlands, North Carolina - 0% of 193 violations are health-based (lower-third health share (≤ 1%)); groundwater source; 165 served per SDWIS.
- 165
- People served (this PWS)
- 193
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 0
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Cold Springs POA standing, high SDWIS violation third
0% of 193 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%).
The verdict
Cold Springs POA sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (193), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (165; 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.
- 193
- Total EPA violations on record
- 0%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
- 165
- 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
- Community
- Owner Type
- Private
- Connections
- 65
- County
- Macon
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 171
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 20 | 2004 |
| Arsenic | MR | 15 | 1991 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 14 | 2018 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 13 | 2024 |
| Selenium | MR | 10 | 1991 |
| Mercury | MR | 10 | 1991 |
| Chromium | MR | 10 | 1991 |
| Barium | MR | 10 | 1991 |
| Fluoride | MR | 10 | 1991 |
| Cadmium | MR | 10 | 1991 |
| Nickel | MR | 8 | 1991 |
| CYANIDE | MR | 8 | 1991 |
| Antimony, Total | MR | 8 | 1991 |
| Beryllium, Total | MR | 8 | 1991 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 8 | 1991 |
| Nitrate | MR | 5 | 1999 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 5 | 2015 |
| TTHM | MR | 5 | 2015 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 4 | 1988 |
| Public Notice | Other | 4 | 2004 |
| Chlorine | MR | 3 | 2004 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Cold Springs POA has 193 recorded EPA violations, 85% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 15% carry more. 0% of this system's own violations are health-based (0 of 193), 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)
193 Higher than most more violations than 85% 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 Cold Springs POA
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 NC0157138.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · North Carolina DEQ, Public Water Supply Section
Nationwide peers
193 violations · 165 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 Cold Springs POA
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.