Question 1

Is Lake Lure,  Town Of water safe to drink?

Accepted Answer

Lake Lure,  Town Of (PWS ID: NC0181020) has 1311 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. EPA SDWIS lists this system's service population as 1,176 people using Groundwater sources.

Question 2

How many people does Lake Lure,  Town Of serve?

Accepted Answer

EPA SDWIS reports that Lake Lure,  Town Of serves 1,176 people (this public water system's service population, not the municipal population of Lake Lure or any other city). It is a Local-owned system using Groundwater water sources with 463 service connections. The operator address is listed in Lake Lure, North Carolina.

Question 3

What type of violations does Lake Lure,  Town Of have?

Accepted Answer

Lake Lure,  Town Of has 1,311 total violations: 7 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 1,232 monitoring/reporting violations, and 2 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.

Question 4

Has PFAS been detected in Lake Lure,  Town Of water?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 5

What water source does Lake Lure,  Town Of use?

Accepted Answer

Lake Lure,  Town Of 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 Lake Lure,  Town Of sit among U.S. public water systems?

Accepted Answer

According to EPA SDWIS population_served among sitemap-advertised systems (serving 500+), Lake Lure,  Town Of ranks #18,098 of 29,740 by people served, and #455 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 Lake Lure,  Town Of's violation count compare nationally?

Accepted Answer

Lake Lure,  Town Of has 1,311 recorded EPA SDWIS violations, fewer than 0% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500 or more people nationwide (the same sitemap cohort used for the corpus-placement ranking above). 100% of that cohort has fewer violations than Lake Lure,  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
Public Notice	Other	53	2010
Trichloroethylene	MR	31	2011
1,2-Dichloropropane	MR	31	2011
Carbon tetrachloride	MR	31	2011
1,1,1-Trichloroethane	MR	31	2011
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene	MR	31	2011
o-Dichlorobenzene	MR	31	2011
Toluene	MR	31	2011
Benzene	MR	31	2011
CHLOROBENZENE	MR	31	2011
Tetrachloroethylene	MR	31	2011
DICHLOROMETHANE	MR	31	2011
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene	MR	31	2011
Xylenes, Total	MR	31	2011
p-Dichlorobenzene	MR	31	2011
1,1-Dichloroethylene	MR	31	2011
1,2-Dichloroethane	MR	31	2011
Ethylbenzene	MR	31	2011
Styrene	MR	31	2011
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene	MR	31	2011
Vinyl chloride	MR	31	2011
1,1,2-Trichloroethane	MR	31	2011
Nitrate	MR	21	2004
Lead and Copper Rule	MR	18	2017
Consumer Confidence Rule	Other	17	2025
Dalapon	MR	17	2007
Dinoseb	MR	17	2007
Picloram	MR	17	2007
OXAMYL	MR	17	2007
2,4-D	MR	17	2007

Lake Lure, Town Of

Lake Lure, Town Of standing, high SDWIS violation third

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Violation History

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

SDWIS compliance record for Lake Lure, Town Of

Nationwide peers

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load

Cross-state systems near this population served