Question 1

Is Beard Acres water safe to drink?

Accepted Answer

Beard Acres (PWS ID: NC0276158) has 298 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. EPA SDWIS lists this system's service population as 140 people using Surface Water sources.

Question 2

How many people does Beard Acres serve?

Accepted Answer

EPA SDWIS reports that Beard Acres serves 140 people (this public water system's service population, not the municipal population of Cary or any other city). It is a Private-owned system using Surface Water water sources with 55 service connections. The operator address is listed in Cary, North Carolina.

Question 3

What type of violations does Beard Acres have?

Accepted Answer

Beard Acres has 298 total violations: 102 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 130 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 Beard Acres water?

Accepted Answer

No PFAS testing data is available for Beard Acres under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

Question 5

What water source does Beard Acres use?

Accepted Answer

Beard Acres uses Surface Water as its primary water source. It is classified as a Community Water System (CWS), serving residential populations year-round.

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 Beard Acres's violation count compare nationally?

Accepted Answer

Beard Acres has 298 recorded EPA SDWIS violations, fewer than 9% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500 or more people nationwide (the same sitemap cohort used for the corpus-placement ranking above). 91% of that cohort has fewer violations than Beard Acres. 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
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	MCL	62	2008
TTHM	MCL	33	2006
Lead and Copper Rule	MR	26	2001
TTHM	MR	22	2006
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	MR	22	2006
Public Notice	Other	16	2008
Coliform (TCR)	MR	10	2000
Nitrate	MR	10	1997
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U	MR	8	1992
Chlorine	MR	8	2006
Coliform (TCR)	MCL	7	1991
Consumer Confidence Rule	Other	6	2003
Selenium	MR	2	1993
Antimony, Total	MR	2	1993
Barium	MR	2	1993
Beryllium, Total	MR	2	1993
Thallium, Total	MR	2	1993
Cadmium	MR	2	1993
Mercury	MR	2	1993
CYANIDE	MR	2	1993
Nickel	MR	2	1993
Arsenic	MR	2	1993
Chromium	MR	2	1993
Fluoride	MR	2	1993

Beard Acres

Beard Acres standing, high SDWIS violation third

System Details

Violation History

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Health-based violations on Beard Acres

Nationwide peers

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load