Question 1

Is Bradfield Farms S/D water safe to drink?

Accepted Answer

Bradfield Farms S/D (PWS ID: NC0160264) has 426 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. EPA SDWIS lists this system's service population as 2,967 people using Groundwater sources.

Question 2

How many people does Bradfield Farms S/D serve?

Accepted Answer

EPA SDWIS reports that Bradfield Farms S/D serves 2,967 people (this public water system's service population, not the municipal population of Charlotte or any other city). It is a Private-owned system using Groundwater water sources with 1,168 service connections. The operator address is listed in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Question 3

What type of violations does Bradfield Farms S/D have?

Accepted Answer

Bradfield Farms S/D has 426 total violations: 0 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 418 monitoring/reporting violations, and 0 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.

Question 4

Has PFAS been detected in Bradfield Farms S/D water?

Accepted Answer

No PFAS testing data is available for Bradfield Farms S/D under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

Question 5

What water source does Bradfield Farms S/D use?

Accepted Answer

Bradfield Farms S/D uses Groundwater 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 Bradfield Farms S/D sit among U.S. public water systems?

Accepted Answer

According to EPA SDWIS population_served among sitemap-advertised systems (serving 500+), Bradfield Farms S/D ranks #10,753 of 29,740 by people served, and #299 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 Bradfield Farms S/D's violation count compare nationally?

Accepted Answer

Bradfield Farms S/D has 426 recorded EPA SDWIS violations, fewer than 6% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500 or more people nationwide (the same sitemap cohort used for the corpus-placement ranking above). 94% of that cohort has fewer violations than Bradfield Farms S/D. 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
Selenium	MR	18	2002
Mercury	MR	18	2002
Fluoride	MR	18	2002
Arsenic	MR	18	2002
Barium	MR	18	2002
Cadmium	MR	18	2002
Chromium	MR	18	2002
Beryllium, Total	MR	13	2002
Antimony, Total	MR	13	2002
Nickel	MR	13	2002
CYANIDE	MR	13	2002
Thallium, Total	MR	13	2002
Nitrate	MR	10	1993
Lead and Copper Rule	MR	7	2006
Ethylbenzene	MR	6	2002
CHLOROBENZENE	MR	6	2002
Tetrachloroethylene	MR	6	2002
1,1,2-Trichloroethane	MR	6	2002
Trichloroethylene	MR	6	2002
1,2-Dichloropropane	MR	6	2002
1,1,1-Trichloroethane	MR	6	2002
1,2-Dichloroethane	MR	6	2002
1,1-Dichloroethylene	MR	6	2002
o-Dichlorobenzene	MR	6	2002
DICHLOROMETHANE	MR	6	2002
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene	MR	6	2002
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene	MR	6	2002
Xylenes, Total	MR	6	2002
Toluene	MR	6	2002
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene	MR	6	2002

Bradfield Farms S/D

Bradfield Farms S/D standing, high SDWIS violation third

System Details

Violation History

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Health-based violations on Bradfield Farms S/D

Nationwide peers

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load

Cross-state systems near this population served