Community Water System · PWS NC0234010
Winston-Salem, City Of
Operator location Pfafftown, North Carolina - 0% of 123 violations are health-based (lower-third health share (≤ 1%)); surface water source; 388,060 served per SDWIS.
- 388,060
- People served (this PWS)
- 123
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 0
- Health-based (this PWS)
- No PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Winston-Salem, City Of standing, high SDWIS violation third
0% of 123 recorded violations are health-based - lower-third health share (≤ 1%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 0% is lower-third health share (≤ 1%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #88 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Winston-Salem, City Of sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (123), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (388,060; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is only 0% - almost all of this trail is monitoring or reporting. UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.
- #88 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #3 of 713
- Population · NC
- 123
- Total EPA violations on record
- 0%
- 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
- 148,212
- County
- Forsyth
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 119
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrate | MR | 13 | 2005 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 10 | 2019 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 7 | 1990 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 7 | 1990 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 7 | 1990 |
| 2,4,5-TP | MR | 7 | 1990 |
| Barium | MR | 7 | 1988 |
| Chromium | MR | 7 | 1988 |
| Fluoride | MR | 7 | 1988 |
| Mercury | MR | 7 | 1988 |
| Selenium | MR | 7 | 1988 |
| Cadmium | MR | 7 | 1988 |
| Arsenic | MR | 7 | 1988 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 7 | 1990 |
| Endrin | MR | 7 | 1990 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 5 | 2021 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 1 | 1999 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Winston-Salem, City Of has 123 recorded EPA violations, 77% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 23% carry more. 0% of this system's own violations are health-based (0 of 123), and it ranks #88 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)
123 Higher than most more violations than 77% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)
Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 0 of 348 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 8/7/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 8/7/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 8/7/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 8/7/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 8/7/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 8/7/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 8/7/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 8/7/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 8/7/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 8/7/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 8/7/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 8/7/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 8/7/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 8/7/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 8/7/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 8/7/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 8/7/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 8/7/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 8/7/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 8/7/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 8/7/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 8/7/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 8/7/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 8/7/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 8/7/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 8/7/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 8/7/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 8/7/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 8/7/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 8/7/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 8/7/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 8/7/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 8/7/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 8/7/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 8/7/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 8/7/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 8/7/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 8/7/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 8/7/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 8/7/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 8/7/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 8/7/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 8/7/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 8/7/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 8/7/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 8/7/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 8/7/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 8/7/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 8/7/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 8/7/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Health-based violations on Winston-Salem, City Of
0 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for NC0234010.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · North Carolina DEQ, Public Water Supply Section
Nationwide peers
123 violations · 388,060 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 similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Winston-Salem, City Of
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