Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS NC0235515
Edward Best Middle School
Operator location Castalia, North Carolina - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 600 people served; 61 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 600
- People served (this PWS)
- 61
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 10
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Edward Best Middle School standing, mid SDWIS violation third
600 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 16% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #26,382 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Edward Best Middle School lands in the middle third by violation volume (61), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is smaller (600; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 16% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #26,382 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #637 of 713
- Population · NC
- 61
- Total EPA violations on record
- 16%
- 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
- Non-Transient Non-Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 10
- County
- Franklin
- School/Daycare
- Yes
- MCL Violations
- 4
- Monitoring Violations
- 30
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 6
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 15 | 2007 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 8 | 2005 |
| Nitrate | MR | 5 | 2012 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | TT | 4 | 1994 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | RPT | 4 | 2024 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 4 | 1994 |
| Public Notice | Other | 3 | 2007 |
| Asbestos | MR | 2 | 2002 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | TT | 2 | 2024 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | RPT | 2 | 2024 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Edward Best Middle School has 61 recorded EPA violations, 62% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 38% carry more. 16% of this system's own violations are health-based (10 of 61), and it ranks #26,382 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)
61 Around the middle fewer violations than 38% 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 Edward Best Middle School
EPA SDWIS lists 600 people served and 10 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
61 violations · 600 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems near this violation count
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 Edward Best Middle School
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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