Community Water System · PWS NC0347015
Northwest Water Supply Inc
Operator location Raeford, North Carolina - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 514 EPA violations; groundwater source; 1,105 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 1,105
- People served (this PWS)
- 514
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 4
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Northwest Water Supply Inc standing, high SDWIS violation third
514 EPA SDWIS violations on record - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 1% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #18,533 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Northwest Water Supply Inc sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (514), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,105 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 1% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #18,533 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #460 of 713
- Population · NC
- 514
- Total EPA violations on record
- 1%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Private
- Connections
- 442
- County
- Hoke
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 4
- Monitoring Violations
- 440
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Combined Radium (-226 and -228) | MR | 49 | 2014 |
| Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U | MR | 42 | 2008 |
| Radium-228 | MR | 42 | 2008 |
| Combined Uranium | MR | 41 | 2008 |
| Radium-226 | MR | 41 | 2008 |
| Public Notice | Other | 39 | 2021 |
| TTHM | MR | 37 | 2022 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 37 | 2022 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 36 | 2014 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 27 | 2024 |
| Chlorine | MR | 18 | 2014 |
| Nitrate | MR | 10 | 2000 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 9 | 2021 |
| 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE | MR | 9 | 2007 |
| Fluoride | MR | 7 | 1989 |
| Barium | MR | 7 | 1989 |
| Arsenic | MR | 7 | 1989 |
| Selenium | MR | 7 | 1989 |
| Cadmium | MR | 7 | 1989 |
| Mercury | MR | 7 | 1989 |
| Chromium | MR | 7 | 1989 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | RPT | 4 | 2017 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 2 | 1995 |
| 1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE | MCL | 2 | 1998 |
| Gross Beta Particle Activity | MR | 2 | 1980 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Northwest Water Supply Inc has 514 recorded EPA violations, 96% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 4% carry more. 1% of this system's own violations are health-based (4 of 514), and it ranks #18,533 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)
514 Higher than most more violations than 96% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
SDWIS compliance record for Northwest Water Supply Inc
514 violations on record for NC0347015; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS · North Carolina DEQ, Public Water Supply Section
Nationwide peers
514 violations · 1,105 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 near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Northwest Water Supply Inc
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