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Community Water System · PWS NC0309010

Elizabethtown, Town Of

Operator location Elizabethtown, North Carolina - 0% of 62 violations are health-based (lower-third health share (≤ 1%)); groundwater source; 5,311 served per SDWIS.

5,311
People served (this PWS)
62
EPA violations (this PWS)
0
Health-based (this PWS)
1 PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Elizabethtown, Town Of standing, mid SDWIS violation third

0% of 62 recorded violations are health-based - lower-third health share (≤ 1%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 0% is lower-third health share (≤ 1%). UCMR5: lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds). Population rank #7,448 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Elizabethtown, Town Of lands in the middle third by violation volume (62), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (5,311; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is only 0% - almost all of this trail is monitoring or reporting. UCMR5 detected 1 PFAS compound (lower-third PFAS panel (≤ 2 compounds)).

#7,448 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#222 of 713
Population · NC
62
Total EPA violations on record
0%
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
2,091
County
Bladen
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
0
Monitoring Violations
42
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Lead and Copper Rule MR 17 1993
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 13 2018
Arsenic MR 7 1988
Coliform (TCR) MR 4 2001
Chromium MR 2 1988
Cadmium MR 2 1988
Selenium MR 2 1988
Fluoride MR 2 1988
Barium MR 2 1988
Nitrate MR 2 1988
Mercury MR 2 1988

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Elizabethtown, Town Of has 62 recorded EPA violations, 62% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 37% carry more. 0% of this system's own violations are health-based (0 of 62), and it ranks #7,448 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)

62 Around the middle fewer violations than 37% 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 290 samples detected PFAS.

Contaminant Date Result MRL Status
PFHxA 6/27/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 6/27/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 6/27/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 6/27/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 6/27/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 6/27/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 6/27/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 6/27/2023 4.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Detected
PFHpA 6/27/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 6/27/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 6/27/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 6/27/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 6/27/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 6/27/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 6/27/2023 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 6/27/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 6/27/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 6/27/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 6/27/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 6/27/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 6/27/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 6/27/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 6/27/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 6/27/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 6/27/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 5/9/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 5/9/2023 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 5/9/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 5/9/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 5/9/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 5/9/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 5/9/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 5/9/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 5/9/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 5/9/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 5/9/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 5/9/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 5/9/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 5/9/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 5/9/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 5/9/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 5/9/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 5/9/2023 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 5/9/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 5/9/2023 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 5/9/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 5/9/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 5/9/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 5/9/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 5/9/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected

Health-based violations on Elizabethtown, Town Of

0 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for NC0309010.

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

Nationwide peers

62 violations · 5,311 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

Cross-state systems near this violation count

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 Elizabethtown, 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