Community Water System · PWS NC0201020
Haw River, Town Of
Operator location Haw River, North Carolina - 36% of 159 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 2,650 served per SDWIS.
- 2,650
- People served (this PWS)
- 159
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 57
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Haw River, Town Of standing, high SDWIS violation third
36% of 159 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 36% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #11,475 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Haw River, Town Of sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (159), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,650 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 36% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #11,475 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #313 of 713
- Population · NC
- 159
- Total EPA violations on record
- 36%
- 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
- Local
- Connections
- 1,000
- County
- Alamance
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 57
- Monitoring Violations
- 86
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MCL | 46 | 2011 |
| TTHM | MR | 40 | 2014 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 40 | 2014 |
| TTHM | MCL | 11 | 2012 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 6 | 2005 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 4 | 2020 |
| Public Notice | Other | 4 | 2011 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Haw River, Town Of has 159 recorded EPA violations, 82% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 18% carry more. 36% of this system's own violations are health-based (57 of 159), and it ranks #11,475 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)
159 Higher than most more violations than 82% 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 Haw River, Town Of
57 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for NC0201020.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · North Carolina DEQ, Public Water Supply Section
Nationwide peers
159 violations · 2,650 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 near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Haw River, Town Of
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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