Community Water System · PWS NC0195115
Mill Ridge POA
Operator location Banner Elk, North Carolina - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 427 people served; 78 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 427
- People served (this PWS)
- 78
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 10
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Mill Ridge POA standing, high SDWIS violation third
427 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 13% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%).
The verdict
Mill Ridge POA sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (78), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (427; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 13% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- 78
- Total EPA violations on record
- 13%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
- 427
- People served by this PWS (SDWIS)
- N/A
- PFAS compounds detected (UCMR5)
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
- 171
- County
- Watauga
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 43
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 10
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 11 | 2022 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | TT | 8 | 2003 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 8 | 2022 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 6 | 1997 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 6 | 1986 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | TT | 2 | 2024 |
| Mercury | MR | 2 | 1980 |
| Gross Beta Particle Activity | MR | 2 | 1980 |
| Arsenic | MR | 2 | 1980 |
| Cadmium | MR | 2 | 1980 |
| Fluoride | MR | 2 | 1980 |
| Selenium | MR | 2 | 1980 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | RPT | 2 | 2024 |
| Chromium | MR | 2 | 1980 |
| Combined Radium (-226 and -228) | MR | 2 | 1980 |
| Barium | MR | 2 | 1980 |
| Nitrate | MR | 2 | 1980 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Mill Ridge POA has 78 recorded EPA violations, 68% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 32% carry more. 13% of this system's own violations are health-based (10 of 78), and it ranks unranked by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
78 Around the middle fewer violations than 32% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Population served record for Mill Ridge POA
EPA SDWIS lists 427 people served and 171 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · North Carolina DEQ, Public Water Supply Section
Nationwide peers
78 violations · 427 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.
What to do with Mill Ridge POA
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.