Question 1

Is Mars Hill, Town Of water safe to drink?

Accepted Answer

Mars Hill, Town Of (PWS ID: NC0158010) has 320 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. EPA SDWIS lists this system's service population as 3,030 people using Surface Water sources.

Question 2

How many people does Mars Hill, Town Of serve?

Accepted Answer

EPA SDWIS reports that Mars Hill, Town Of serves 3,030 people (this public water system's service population, not the municipal population of Mars Hill or any other city). It is a Local-owned system using Surface Water water sources with 1,193 service connections. The operator address is listed in Mars Hill, North Carolina.

Question 3

What type of violations does Mars Hill, Town Of have?

Accepted Answer

Mars Hill, Town Of has 320 total violations: 47 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 241 monitoring/reporting violations, and 33 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.

Question 4

Has PFAS been detected in Mars Hill, Town Of water?

Accepted Answer

No PFAS testing data is available for Mars Hill, Town Of under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

Question 5

What water source does Mars Hill, Town Of use?

Accepted Answer

Mars Hill, Town Of uses Surface Water as its primary water source. It is classified as a Community Water System (CWS), serving residential populations year-round.

Question 6

Where does this data come from?

Accepted Answer

All data comes from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and the UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program. SDWIS tracks compliance for all public water systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Question 7

Where does Mars Hill, Town Of sit among U.S. public water systems?

Accepted Answer

According to EPA SDWIS population_served among sitemap-advertised systems (serving 500+), Mars Hill, Town Of ranks #10,524 of 29,740 by people served, and #297 of 713 in North Carolina. Ordinals use population_served DESC among systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). See /methodology#corpus-placement.

Question 8

How does Mars Hill, Town Of's violation count compare nationally?

Accepted Answer

Mars Hill, Town Of has 320 recorded EPA SDWIS violations, fewer than 8% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500 or more people nationwide (the same sitemap cohort used for the corpus-placement ranking above). 92% of that cohort has fewer violations than Mars Hill, Town Of. A system can have zero recorded violations and still be actively monitored, and a high violation count often reflects a system that reports thoroughly, not necessarily one with worse water.

Contaminant	Category	Count	Latest
Coliform (TCR)	MCL	14	1992
Surface Water Treatment Rule	TT	14	2005
CARBON, TOTAL	TT	14	2008
Arsenic	MR	12	1991
Nitrate	MR	10	2002
Coliform (TCR)	MR	9	2004
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	MR	9	2007
Public Notice	Other	9	2009
TTHM	MR	9	2007
Toxaphene	MR	8	2005
Barium	MR	7	1991
Chromium	MR	7	1991
Mercury	MR	7	1991
Fluoride	MR	7	1991
Chlorine	MR	7	2005
BHC-GAMMA	MR	7	2005
Selenium	MR	7	1991
Cadmium	MR	7	1991
Lead and Copper Rule	TT	5	1994
Methoxychlor	MR	5	2005
Dalapon	MR	5	2005
Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate	MR	5	2005
Simazine	MR	5	2005
Dinoseb	MR	5	2005
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene	MR	5	2005
Carbofuran	MR	5	2005
Heptachlor	MR	5	2005
Heptachlor epoxide	MR	5	2005
Benzo(a)pyrene	MR	5	2005
1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE	MR	5	2005

Mars Hill, Town Of

Mars Hill, Town Of standing, high SDWIS violation third

System Details

Violation History

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

SDWIS compliance record for Mars Hill, Town Of

Nationwide peers

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load

Cross-state systems near this population served