Question 1

Is East Bend, Town Of water safe to drink?

Accepted Answer

East Bend, Town Of (PWS ID: NC0299025) has 620 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. EPA SDWIS lists this system's service population as 1,466 people using Surface Water sources.

Question 2

How many people does East Bend, Town Of serve?

Accepted Answer

EPA SDWIS reports that East Bend, Town Of serves 1,466 people (this public water system's service population, not the municipal population of East Bend or any other city). It is a Local-owned system using Surface Water water sources with 577 service connections. The operator address is listed in East Bend, North Carolina.

Question 3

What type of violations does East Bend, Town Of have?

Accepted Answer

East Bend, Town Of has 620 total violations: 118 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 465 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 East Bend, Town Of water?

Accepted Answer

No PFAS testing data is available for East Bend, Town Of under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

Question 5

What water source does East Bend, Town Of use?

Accepted Answer

East Bend, Town Of 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

Where does East Bend, Town Of sit among U.S. public water systems?

Accepted Answer

According to EPA SDWIS population_served among sitemap-advertised systems (serving 500+), East Bend, Town Of ranks #16,204 of 29,740 by people served, and #413 of 713 in North Carolina. Ordinals use population_served DESC among systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). See /methodology#corpus-placement.

Question 8

How does East Bend, Town Of's violation count compare nationally?

Accepted Answer

East Bend, Town Of has 620 recorded EPA SDWIS violations, fewer than 3% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500 or more people nationwide (the same sitemap cohort used for the corpus-placement ranking above). 97% of that cohort has fewer violations than East Bend, Town Of. 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
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)	MCL	109	2011
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)	MR	25	2008
Consumer Confidence Rule	Other	19	2010
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene	MR	17	2010
o-Dichlorobenzene	MR	17	2010
1,1-Dichloroethylene	MR	17	2010
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene	MR	17	2010
1,1,1-Trichloroethane	MR	17	2010
1,2-Dichloropropane	MR	17	2010
Trichloroethylene	MR	17	2010
1,1,2-Trichloroethane	MR	17	2010
Benzene	MR	17	2010
Styrene	MR	17	2010
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene	MR	17	2010
Xylenes, Total	MR	17	2010
p-Dichlorobenzene	MR	17	2010
Vinyl chloride	MR	17	2010
Carbon tetrachloride	MR	17	2010
Tetrachloroethylene	MR	17	2010
CHLOROBENZENE	MR	17	2010
Toluene	MR	17	2010
Ethylbenzene	MR	17	2010
1,2-Dichloroethane	MR	17	2010
DICHLOROMETHANE	MR	17	2010
Public Notice	Other	16	2010
TTHM	MR	14	2022
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	MR	13	2022
Combined Uranium	MR	11	2007
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U	MR	11	2007
Radium-228	MR	7	2007

East Bend, Town Of

East Bend, Town Of standing, high SDWIS violation third

System Details

Violation History

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

SDWIS compliance record for East Bend, Town Of

Nationwide peers

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load

Cross-state systems near this population served