Question 1

Is Creative Child Care water safe to drink?

Accepted Answer

Creative Child Care (PWS ID: NC0201564) has 248 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. EPA SDWIS lists this system's service population as 75 people using Groundwater sources.

Question 2

How many people does Creative Child Care serve?

Accepted Answer

EPA SDWIS reports that Creative Child Care serves 75 people (this public water system's service population, not the municipal population of Graham or any other city). It is a Private-owned system using Groundwater water sources with 1 service connections. The operator address is listed in Graham, North Carolina.

Question 3

What type of violations does Creative Child Care have?

Accepted Answer

Creative Child Care has 248 total violations: 5 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 221 monitoring/reporting violations, and 0 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.

Question 4

Has PFAS been detected in Creative Child Care water?

Accepted Answer

No PFAS testing data is available for Creative Child Care under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

Question 5

What water source does Creative Child Care use?

Accepted Answer

Creative Child Care uses Groundwater as its primary water source. It is classified as a Non-Transient Non-Community Water System, serving the same people for at least 6 months per year.

Question 6

Where does this data come from?

Accepted Answer

All data comes from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and the UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program. SDWIS tracks compliance for all public water systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Question 7

How does Creative Child Care's violation count compare nationally?

Accepted Answer

Creative Child Care has 248 recorded EPA SDWIS violations, fewer than 12% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500 or more people nationwide (the same sitemap cohort used for the corpus-placement ranking above). 88% of that cohort has fewer violations than Creative Child Care. A system can have zero recorded violations and still be actively monitored, and a high violation count often reflects a system that reports thoroughly, not necessarily one with worse water.

Contaminant	Category	Count	Latest
Coliform (TCR)	MR	90	1997
Lead and Copper Rule	MR	17	2006
Public Notice	Other	10	2009
Coliform (TCR)	MCL	5	1993
Dinoseb	MR	4	2005
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene	MR	4	2005
DICHLOROMETHANE	MR	4	2005
Vinyl chloride	MR	4	2005
1,1-Dichloroethylene	MR	4	2005
1,2-Dichloroethane	MR	4	2005
1,1,1-Trichloroethane	MR	4	2005
Trichloroethylene	MR	4	2005
1,1,2-Trichloroethane	MR	4	2005
Tetrachloroethylene	MR	4	2005
CHLOROBENZENE	MR	4	2005
Benzene	MR	4	2005
Styrene	MR	4	2005
ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE	MR	4	2005
Carbon tetrachloride	MR	4	2005
2,4-D	MR	4	2005
Xylenes, Total	MR	4	2005
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene	MR	4	2005
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene	MR	4	2005
o-Dichlorobenzene	MR	4	2005
p-Dichlorobenzene	MR	4	2005
Toluene	MR	4	2005
Ethylbenzene	MR	4	2005
1,2-Dichloropropane	MR	4	2005
OXAMYL	MR	2	2005
Dalapon	MR	2	2005

Creative Child Care

Creative Child Care standing, high SDWIS violation third

System Details

Violation History

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Population served record for Creative Child Care

Nationwide peers

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load