Community Water System · PWS NC0201130
Saxapahaw Utility Company
Operator location Saxapahaw, North Carolina - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 994 people served; 382 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 994
- People served (this PWS)
- 382
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 30
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Saxapahaw Utility Company standing, high SDWIS violation third
994 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 8% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #19,902 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Saxapahaw Utility Company sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (382), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (994; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 8% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #19,902 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #478 of 713
- Population · NC
- 382
- Total EPA violations on record
- 8%
- 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
- 200
- County
- Alamance
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 25
- Monitoring Violations
- 326
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 5
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 20 | 2012 |
| Chlorine | MR | 20 | 2012 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | MCL | 20 | 2013 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 18 | 2008 |
| ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE | MR | 16 | 2008 |
| Dinoseb | MR | 16 | 2008 |
| Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) | MR | 16 | 2008 |
| Picloram | MR | 16 | 2008 |
| Dalapon | MR | 16 | 2008 |
| Carbofuran | MR | 16 | 2008 |
| 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE | MR | 16 | 2008 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 16 | 2008 |
| Pentachlorophenol | MR | 16 | 2008 |
| 2,4,5-TP | MR | 16 | 2008 |
| OXAMYL | MR | 16 | 2008 |
| Nitrate | MR | 12 | 2015 |
| TTHM | MR | 12 | 2025 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 11 | 2025 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 7 | 2008 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 7 | 2025 |
| Combined Uranium | MR | 6 | 2008 |
| Combined Radium (-226 and -228) | MR | 6 | 2008 |
| Radium-226 | MR | 6 | 2008 |
| Radium-228 | MR | 6 | 2008 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | TT | 5 | 2002 |
| E. COLI | MR | 5 | 2013 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 5 | 2013 |
| Public Notice | Other | 3 | 2009 |
| Cadmium | MR | 2 | 1980 |
| Fluoride | MR | 2 | 1980 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Saxapahaw Utility Company has 382 recorded EPA violations, 93% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 7% carry more. 8% of this system's own violations are health-based (30 of 382), and it ranks #19,902 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)
382 Higher than most more violations than 93% 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 Saxapahaw Utility Company
EPA SDWIS lists 994 people served and 200 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
382 violations · 994 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 Saxapahaw Utility Company
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