Non-Transient Non-Community Water System · PWS NC0309527
Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp - Tar Heel
Operator location Tarheel, North Carolina - UCMR5 detected 7 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)) on this PWS; SDWIS lists 38 violations and 4,589 people served.
- 4,589
- People served (this PWS)
- 38
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 7
- Health-based (this PWS)
- 7 PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp - Tar Heel standing, mid SDWIS violation third
UCMR5 detected 7 PFAS compounds - upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 18% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). UCMR5: upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds). Population rank #8,133 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp - Tar Heel lands in the middle third by violation volume (38), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (4,589; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 18% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). UCMR5 detected 7 PFAS compounds (upper-third PFAS panel (> 4 compounds)).
- #8,133 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #237 of 713
- Population · NC
- 38
- Total EPA violations on record
- 18%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
7 PFAS "forever chemicals" detected in testing under EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.
System Details
- System Type
- Non-Transient Non-Community
- Owner Type
- Private
- Connections
- 5
- County
- Bladen
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 3
- Monitoring Violations
- 24
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 4
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 14 | 2024 |
| TTHM | MR | 10 | 2021 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | TT | 4 | 1994 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 3 | 1993 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp - Tar Heel has 38 recorded EPA violations, 49% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 50% carry more. 18% of this system's own violations are health-based (7 of 38), and it ranks #8,133 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)
38 Lower than most fewer violations than 50% 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. 24 of 174 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 8/13/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 8/13/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 8/13/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 8/13/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 8/13/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 8/13/2024 | 5.20 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFMPA | 8/13/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 8/13/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 8/13/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 8/13/2024 | 5.90 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFHpS | 8/13/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 8/13/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 8/13/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 8/13/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 8/13/2024 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 8/13/2024 | 5.30 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFDoA | 8/13/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 8/13/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 8/13/2024 | 4.90 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFOS | 8/13/2024 | 5.70 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFBS | 8/13/2024 | 3.70 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFHpA | 8/13/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 8/13/2024 | 3.50 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 8/13/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 8/13/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 8/13/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 8/13/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 8/13/2024 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 8/13/2024 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 8/13/2024 | 4.70 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| NFDHA | 8/13/2024 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 8/13/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 8/13/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 8/13/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 8/13/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 8/13/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 8/13/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 8/13/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 8/13/2024 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 8/13/2024 | 6.10 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFOA | 8/13/2024 | 4.60 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFDA | 8/13/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 8/13/2024 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 8/13/2024 | 4.80 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFBS | 8/13/2024 | 3.30 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 8/13/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxS | 8/13/2024 | 3.40 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Detected |
| PFNA | 8/13/2024 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 8/13/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 8/13/2024 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
UCMR5 PFAS record for Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp - Tar Heel
Open EPA SDWIS federal reports for PWS NC0309527 to cross-check UCMR5 detections and violation codes; state primacy agencies enforce the Safe Drinking Water Act locally.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · North Carolina DEQ, Public Water Supply Section
Nationwide peers
38 violations · 4,589 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.
Cross-state systems with similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp - Tar Heel
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