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Community Water System · PWS NC0285015

Walnut Cove, Town Of

Operator location Walnut Cove, North Carolina - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 2,973 EPA violations; surface water source; 2,210 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).

2,210
People served (this PWS)
2,973
EPA violations (this PWS)
33
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Walnut Cove, Town Of standing, high SDWIS violation third

2,973 EPA SDWIS violations on record - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 1% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #12,805 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Walnut Cove, Town Of sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (2,973), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,210 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 1% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#12,805 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#356 of 713
Population · NC
2,973
Total EPA violations on record
1%
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
870
County
Stokes
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
33
Monitoring Violations
2,780
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Vinyl chloride MR 102 2024
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene MR 101 2024
1,1,2-Trichloroethane MR 97 2024
Trichloroethylene MR 97 2024
Carbon tetrachloride MR 97 2024
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 97 2024
Benzene MR 97 2024
Tetrachloroethylene MR 97 2024
DICHLOROMETHANE MR 97 2024
Xylenes, Total MR 97 2024
CHLOROBENZENE MR 97 2024
1,2-Dichloropropane MR 97 2024
1,1,1-Trichloroethane MR 97 2024
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene MR 97 2024
1,1-Dichloroethylene MR 97 2024
o-Dichlorobenzene MR 97 2024
p-Dichlorobenzene MR 97 2024
1,2-Dichloroethane MR 97 2024
Toluene MR 97 2024
Styrene MR 97 2024
Ethylbenzene MR 97 2024
Public Notice Other 88 2025
Nitrate MR 50 2023
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 41 2022
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate MR 39 2022
Lead and Copper Rule MR 37 2024
Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate MR 34 2007
TTHM MR 29 2024
ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE MR 24 2010
Coliform (TCR) MR 23 2006

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Walnut Cove, Town Of has 2,973 recorded EPA violations, 100% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 0% carry more. 1% of this system's own violations are health-based (33 of 2,973), and it ranks #12,805 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)

2,973 Higher than most more violations than 99%+ of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

SDWIS compliance record for Walnut Cove, Town Of

2,973 violations on record for NC0285015; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.

Sources: EPA SDWIS · North Carolina DEQ, Public Water Supply Section

Nationwide peers

2,973 violations · 2,210 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.

4 peers

Cross-state systems near this population served

Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).

4 peers

What to do with Walnut Cove, Town Of

Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.

EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater