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Community Water System · PWS NC0291010

Henderson-Kerr Lake Reg Wtr

Operator location Henderson, North Carolina - 52% of 124 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 14,937 served per SDWIS.

14,937
People served (this PWS)
124
EPA violations (this PWS)
65
Health-based (this PWS)
1 PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS)
Follow published updates (RSS)

Henderson-Kerr Lake Reg Wtr standing, high SDWIS violation third

52% of 124 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 52% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds). Population rank #3,479 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Henderson-Kerr Lake Reg Wtr sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (124), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (14,937; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 52% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 detected 1 PFAS compound (lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds)).

#3,479 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#102 of 713
Population · NC
124
Total EPA violations on record
52%
Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)

Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.

PFAS Detected

1 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

System Details

System Type
Community
Owner Type
Local
Connections
8,840
County
Vance
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
65
Monitoring Violations
43
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
TTHM MCL 65 2021
Nitrate MR 15 2018
CARBON, TOTAL MR 11 2022
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 9 2006
Public Notice Other 7 2023
Atrazine MR 6 2014
Arsenic MR 4 1983
Lead and Copper Rule MR 3 2024
Combined Radium (-226 and -228) MR 2 1980
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U MR 1 1980
Gross Beta Particle Activity MR 1 1980

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Henderson-Kerr Lake Reg Wtr has 124 recorded EPA violations, 77% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 22% carry more. 52% of this system's own violations are health-based (65 of 124), and it ranks #3,479 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)

124 Higher than most more violations than 77% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)

Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 2 of 116 samples detected PFAS.

Contaminant Date Result MRL Status
ADONA 5/10/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 5/10/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 5/10/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 5/10/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 5/10/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 5/10/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 5/10/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 5/10/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 5/10/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 5/10/2023 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 5/10/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 5/10/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 5/10/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 5/10/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 5/10/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 5/10/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 5/10/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 5/10/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 5/10/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 5/10/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 5/10/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 5/10/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 5/10/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 5/10/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 5/10/2023 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 5/10/2023 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 5/10/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 5/10/2023 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 5/10/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 2/28/2023 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 2/28/2023 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 2/28/2023 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 2/28/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 2/28/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 2/28/2023 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 2/28/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 2/28/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 2/28/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 2/28/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 2/28/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 2/28/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 2/28/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 2/28/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 2/28/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 2/28/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 2/28/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 2/28/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 2/28/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 2/28/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 2/28/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected

Health-based violations on Henderson-Kerr Lake Reg Wtr

65 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for NC0291010.

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

Nationwide peers

124 violations · 14,937 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 with similar served population

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

4 peers

What to do with Henderson-Kerr Lake Reg Wtr

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