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Community Water System · PWS NC0184141

Stanly Co-Palestine-Badin Dist

Operator location Albemarle, North Carolina - 40% of 88 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 1,964 served per SDWIS.

1,964
People served (this PWS) Middle third of systems
88
EPA violations (this PWS) Upper third of systems
35
Health-based (this PWS) Upper third by health-based share
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS) No UCMR5 result
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Stanly Co-Palestine-Badin Dist standing, high SDWIS violation third

40% of 88 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 40% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #13,807 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Stanly Co-Palestine-Badin Dist sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (88), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,964 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 40% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#13,807 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#370 of 713
Population · NC
88
Total EPA violations on record
40%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.

F
Water Safety Score
10/100
Stanly Co-Palestine-Badin Dist

Based on EPA SDWIS violation history and UCMR5 PFAS testing only, not water taste, odor, infrastructure age, or contaminants outside the federally tracked set.

Health-based violations F
35
EPA SDWIS health-based violations on record (MCL, MRDL, treatment technique)
Monitoring & reporting violations F
53
Non-health SDWIS violations (monitoring, reporting, and other compliance)
PFAS contamination N/A
Not UCMR5-tested
Highest PFAS compound level detected in UCMR5 testing

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Local
Connections
1,110
County
Stanly
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
22
Monitoring Violations
37
Treatment Tech Violations
13

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
TTHM MCL 22 2010
Lead and Copper Rule MR 15 2007
Lead and Copper Rule TT 13 2008
Coliform (TCR) MR 12 2001
Public Notice Other 11 2010
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 5 2005
Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 5 2022
Chlorine MR 5 2022

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Stanly Co-Palestine-Badin Dist has 88 recorded EPA violations, 70% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 29% carry more. 40% of this system's own violations are health-based (35 of 88), and it ranks #13,807 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)

88 Around the middle fewer violations than 29% 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

Stanly Co-Palestine-Badin Dist 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

30 public water systems (500+ people served), EPA SDWIS current release. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Total violations (X) and Health-based share (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Frequent and seriousRare but seriousFrequent, mostly paperworkClean record 0200400600 0%20%40%60%80%100% Total violations Health-based share Violation volume vs. health-based share Miccosukee Service Plaza-0, 0%Brazoria - Fort Bend Counties MUD 3-0, 0%Tanglewilde Thompson Place 600-2, 0%Center Water Co-5, 0%Montgomery Co RWD 12-7, 29%Spring Mills Elem School/Hvs-9, 0%Irvin Water District #6-11, 27%Great Bend Industrial Park-14, 0%Nooksack Valley Water Association-16, 31%Glen Park Village-19, 0%Camp Is-Sho-Da-22, 0%Kipling Oaks 1-25, 16%McLouth, City Of-29, 17%Hamilton-33, 0%Pine Valley Plantation-37, 24%Lake Gibson Estates-42, 2%Ticonderoga WD-47, 26%Town of Welaka-54, 0%Township of Blairstown Dpw-61, 0%McIntosh Water & Fire Pro Authority-71, 0%Sunset Ridge Water District-82, 15%South Deerfield Water Supply District-96, 16%Clarkdale Municipal Water System-114, 0%Orange Water Dept-136, 14%Mount Pleasant Water Sys #1-167, 11%Benson Culinary Improvement District-212, 1%Eureka Water Association-273, 0%City of Ballinger-372, 85%Conemaugh Twp Muni Auth-567, 1%Stanly Co-Palestine-Badin Dist-88, 40%
30 public water systems (500+ people served), EPA SDWIS current release.

Health-based violations on Stanly Co-Palestine-Badin Dist

35 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for NC0184141.

EPA SDWIS · PWS NC0184141 NC primacy agency

Sources: EPA SDWIS · North Carolina DEQ, Public Water Supply Section

Nationwide peers

88 violations · 1,964 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.

4 peers

Cross-state systems near this population served

Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).

4 peers

What to do with Stanly Co-Palestine-Badin Dist

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

Every figure on PlainWater is rendered directly from EPA SDWIS drinking-water data, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.