Community Water System · PWS NC0304020
Wadesboro, Town Of
Operator location Wadesboro, North Carolina - 49% of 251 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 5,608 served per SDWIS.
- 5,608
- People served (this PWS)
- 251
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 123
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 4 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Wadesboro, Town Of standing, high SDWIS violation third
49% of 251 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 49% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: middle-third PFAS panel (≤ 4 compounds). Population rank #7,133 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Wadesboro, Town Of sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (251), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is large (5,608; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 49% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 detected 4 PFAS compounds (middle-third PFAS panel (≤ 4 compounds)).
- #7,133 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #210 of 713
- Population · NC
- 251
- Total EPA violations on record
- 49%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
4 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 2,208
- County
- Anson
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 123
- Monitoring Violations
- 105
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MCL | 89 | 2009 |
| TTHM | MCL | 34 | 2008 |
| Public Notice | Other | 13 | 2008 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 13 | 2023 |
| Fluoride | MR | 8 | 2009 |
| Atrazine | MR | 6 | 2010 |
| Arsenic | MR | 5 | 2009 |
| Barium | MR | 5 | 2009 |
| Cadmium | MR | 5 | 2009 |
| Chromium | MR | 5 | 2009 |
| CYANIDE | MR | 5 | 2009 |
| Nickel | MR | 5 | 2009 |
| Antimony, Total | MR | 5 | 2009 |
| Beryllium, Total | MR | 5 | 2009 |
| Thallium, Total | MR | 5 | 2009 |
| Selenium | MR | 5 | 2009 |
| TTHM | MR | 5 | 2013 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 5 | 1999 |
| Mercury | MR | 5 | 2009 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 5 | 2013 |
| Nitrate | MR | 4 | 2009 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 4 | 2012 |
| Gross Beta Particle Activity | MR | 2 | 1980 |
| Combined Radium (-226 and -228) | MR | 1 | 1980 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 1 | 1980 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Wadesboro, Town Of has 251 recorded EPA violations, 88% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 12% carry more. 49% of this system's own violations are health-based (123 of 251), and it ranks #7,133 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)
251 Higher than most more violations than 88% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)
Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 14 of 228 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEtFOSAA | 9/19/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 9/19/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 9/19/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 9/19/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 9/19/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 9/19/2023 | 3.90 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFHpS | 9/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 9/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 9/19/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 9/19/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 9/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 9/19/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 9/19/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 9/19/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 9/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 9/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 9/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 9/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 9/19/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 9/19/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 9/19/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 9/19/2023 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 9/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 9/19/2023 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 9/19/2023 | 3.20 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 9/19/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 9/19/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 9/19/2023 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 9/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 9/19/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 9/19/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 9/19/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 9/19/2023 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 8/9/2023 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 8/9/2023 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 8/9/2023 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 8/9/2023 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 8/27/2024 | 3.30 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFMBA | 8/27/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 8/27/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 8/27/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 8/27/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 8/27/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 8/27/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 8/27/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 8/27/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 8/27/2024 | 3.40 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFOS | 8/27/2024 | 5.20 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFBS | 8/27/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 8/27/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Health-based violations on Wadesboro, Town Of
123 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for NC0304020.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · North Carolina DEQ, Public Water Supply Section
Nationwide peers
251 violations · 5,608 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 with similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Wadesboro, Town Of
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