Community Water System · PWS NC0286025
Pilot Mountain, Town Of
Operator location Pilot Mountain, North Carolina - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 273 EPA violations; surface water source; 1,976 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 1,976
- People served (this PWS)
- 273
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 7
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Pilot Mountain, Town Of standing, high SDWIS violation third
273 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 3% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #13,761 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Pilot Mountain, Town Of sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (273), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,976 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 3% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #13,761 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #368 of 713
- Population · NC
- 273
- Total EPA violations on record
- 3%
- 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
- 1,100
- County
- Surry
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 5
- Monitoring Violations
- 224
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 2
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM | MR | 26 | 2018 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 25 | 2018 |
| Public Notice | Other | 22 | 2020 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 9 | 2018 |
| Simazine | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| BHC-GAMMA | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Picloram | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Methoxychlor | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| OXAMYL | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Dalapon | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Heptachlor | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Carbofuran | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Endrin | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Dinoseb | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| 2,4-D | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Hexachlorocyclopentadiene | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| LASSO | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Atrazine | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Benzo(a)pyrene | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Heptachlor epoxide | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| 2,4,5-TP | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Toxaphene | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| HEXACHLOROBENZENE | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Chlordane | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Pentachlorophenol | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| Nitrate | MR | 6 | 2016 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 6 | 2018 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Pilot Mountain, Town Of has 273 recorded EPA violations, 90% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 10% carry more. 3% of this system's own violations are health-based (7 of 273), and it ranks #13,761 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)
273 Higher than most more violations than 90% 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 Pilot Mountain, Town Of
273 violations on record for NC0286025; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · North Carolina DEQ, Public Water Supply Section
Nationwide peers
273 violations · 1,976 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 near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Pilot Mountain, Town Of
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