Community Water System · PWS NC0181133
Fairfield Mtns-Apple Valley
Operator location Charlotte, North Carolina - 67% of 76 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 950 served per SDWIS.
- 950
- People served (this PWS)
- 76
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 51
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Fairfield Mtns-Apple Valley standing, high SDWIS violation third
67% of 76 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 67% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #20,402 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Fairfield Mtns-Apple Valley sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (76), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (950; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 67% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #20,402 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #488 of 713
- Population · NC
- 76
- Total EPA violations on record
- 67%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
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
- 374
- County
- Rutherford
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 51
- Monitoring Violations
- 9
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Combined Radium (-226 and -228) | MCL | 46 | 2017 |
| Public Notice | Other | 6 | 2006 |
| Nitrite | MR | 6 | 2000 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 5 | 2011 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 3 | 1994 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 1 | 1999 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Fairfield Mtns-Apple Valley has 76 recorded EPA violations, 67% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 33% carry more. 67% of this system's own violations are health-based (51 of 76), and it ranks #20,402 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
76 Around the middle fewer violations than 33% 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 Fairfield Mtns-Apple Valley
51 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for NC0181133.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · North Carolina DEQ, Public Water Supply Section
Nationwide peers
76 violations · 950 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.
Cross-state systems with smaller service footprints
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Fairfield Mtns-Apple Valley
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.