Community Water System · PWS NC0157144
Dowdle Trace S/D
Operator location Cullowhee, North Carolina - 0% of 144 violations are health-based (lower-third health share (≤ 1%)); groundwater source; 79 served per SDWIS.
- 79
- People served (this PWS) Smaller third of systems
- 144
- EPA violations (this PWS) Upper third of systems
- 0
- Health-based (this PWS) Lower third by health-based share
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS) No UCMR5 result
Dowdle Trace S/D standing, high SDWIS violation third
0% of 144 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
Dowdle Trace S/D sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (144), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (79; 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.
- 144
- Total EPA violations on record
- 0%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
- 79
- 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.
Based on EPA SDWIS violation history and UCMR5 PFAS testing only, not water taste, odor, infrastructure age, or contaminants outside the federally tracked set.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Private
- Connections
- 31
- County
- Macon
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 132
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrate | MR | 12 | 1993 |
| Selenium | MR | 7 | 1989 |
| Arsenic | MR | 7 | 1989 |
| Barium | MR | 7 | 1989 |
| Cadmium | MR | 7 | 1989 |
| Fluoride | MR | 7 | 1989 |
| Mercury | MR | 7 | 1989 |
| Chromium | MR | 7 | 1989 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 6 | 2004 |
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | MR | 5 | 2020 |
| LASSO | MR | 5 | 2020 |
| HEXACHLOROBENZENE | MR | 5 | 2020 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | MR | 5 | 2020 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate | MR | 5 | 2020 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 5 | 2020 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 5 | 2020 |
| Endrin | MR | 5 | 2020 |
| Heptachlor epoxide | MR | 5 | 2020 |
| Benzo(a)pyrene | MR | 5 | 2020 |
| Heptachlor | MR | 5 | 2020 |
| Atrazine | MR | 5 | 2020 |
| Simazine | MR | 5 | 2020 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 4 | 1988 |
| TTHM | MR | 1 | 2023 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 1 | 2023 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Dowdle Trace S/D has 144 recorded EPA violations, 80% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 20% carry more. 0% of this system's own violations are health-based (0 of 144), 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)
144 Higher than most more violations than 80% 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
Dowdle Trace 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
Health-based violations on Dowdle Trace 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 NC0157144.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · North Carolina DEQ, Public Water Supply Section
Nationwide peers
144 violations · 79 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 Dowdle Trace 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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